Garfield Smith, 33, was shot and killed on August 25, 2019, in southeast Houston near the 8100 block of Woodward Street. He was standing in front of his girlfriend’s home when her ex-boyfriend, Sean Antoni McLean, approached in a car. Words were exchanged and McLean fired multiple shots from inside the vehicle, striking Smith in the chest, arm and shoulder. Smith was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Karnisha Watkins, the ex-girlfriend, was also wounded in the shooting with a gunshot to the stomach and taken to Ben Taub for treatment. Several hours after the incident McLean surrendered to police and was charged with murder and aggravated assault of a family member. The Houston Police Department Homicide Division investigated the case, led by Sergeant J. Horn and Detective K. McDonald.

Did anyone in southeast Houston on August 25, 2019, see or hear anything that could help fill gaps in the timeline or provide more detail about the confrontation?