Damion Demond Mann, a 28-year-old African American man, was shot and killed on May 1, 2020, at an apartment complex at 17435 Imperial Valley Drive in Houston. According to investigators, an unknown black male wearing a ski mask approached Mann at close range, fired several shots, and took a large amount of cash that had been on the ground. Mann’s girlfriend, who had been waiting nearby to pick him up, heard the gunfire and tried to drive him to the hospital in her black Ford Mustang; the vehicle crashed in the parking lot of a fast-food restaurant at 251 Greens Road and Mann was pronounced dead at the scene by Houston Fire Department paramedics.

Houston Police Homicide Division Detectives J. Nguyen and W. Huff were assigned to the case. Witnesses described the shooter as a black male in a ski mask, and the investigation developed a suspect identified as 20-year-old Larry Ward. Surveillance photos were released and Ward was charged with capital murder in connection with Mann’s death; the girlfriend’s observations were reported as key to identifying the suspect.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about the events that night, please share what you know.