Oday Qadous was 29 and had recently immigrated to the United States when he was shot dead while working the overnight shift at a Valero gas station on Reed Road in Houston on October 7, 2019. Qadous was found dead inside the convenience store by responding officers.

Investigators recovered shell casings and surveillance footage that captured the suspects’ actions. Reports say Qadous tried to defend himself and was armed; one of the suspects produced a 9mm semi-automatic pistol and shot him multiple times. The assailants fled in a dark-colored Nissan and did not take anything from the store. One suspect was later identified and arrested; the other two remain unidentified.