Marcus Darrell Ealy, a 30-year-old African American man from Houston, Texas, was fatally shot on August 22, 2019. The shooting took place around 10:20 a.m. in the parking lot of a mutual friend’s apartment complex near Willowbrook Mall. Ealy did not have any weapons when he was shot in the chest.

The shooter was identified as 32-year-old Cory Cornell Parker, an acquaintance from high school. Parker was arrested and charged with murder; after a four-day trial he was convicted and sentenced to 77 years in prison, with eligibility for parole only after serving at least half the sentence. The motive remains unclear, and the shooting has been described as a senseless act of violence.

Family remembered Ealy as a beloved uncle and a caring presence in the lives of nieces and nephews. Does anyone have information about Marcus’s last day or the people who were at the apartment complex that morning?