Andre Emmett, 37, was shot and killed during a robbery outside his Dallas home on September 23, 2019. A witness reported that Larry Daquan Jenkins fatally shot Emmett before the group fled.

A Dallas County jury later found 25-year-old Larry Daquan Jenkins guilty of capital murder; prosecutors did not seek the death penalty and Jenkins was sentenced to life without parole. The conviction rested in part on cellphone data placing Jenkins at both the nightclub and Emmett’s home and on home surveillance video. Two other men, Keith Johnson and Michael Lucky, were arrested in connection with the case; the charge against Michael Lucky was later dismissed due to new information described during the proceedings.

Emmett was a former Texas Tech star and professional player who had played in the NBA, the NBA Development League, and overseas, and had recently founded a nonprofit called Dreams Really Exist. His mother, Regina Oliver, read a victim impact statement at trial mentioning a final message from her son hours before his death. Anyone with information about Emmett’s killing is asked to come forward.