William Rutherford Thomas, a 36-year-old African American man, was found with multiple gunshot wounds in the driveway of a music studio at 2701 North Durham Drive in Houston on October 26, 2019. Paramedics took him to Ben Taub General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. The Houston Police Department’s Homicide Division opened an investigation after witnesses reported a verbal altercation before the shooting.

Witnesses described two suspects as black males in their early 30s who fled in a dark-colored sedan. William Thomas is survived by his wife Marieka Thomas and their three sons, Mitchell, Mason, and Maximilian; he was remembered for his contributions to music and his kind-hearted nature.

Anyone with information about the shooting or the suspects is asked to contact the Houston Police Department’s Homicide Division.