Marlon Gomez, a 30-year-old Black man from Houston who performed as EMG Santana, was fatally shot on July 30, 2019. He was found lying on the ground at an apartment complex on the 4700 block of Mangum Road after suffering multiple gunshot wounds. The Houston Police Department Homicide Division opened an investigation and released a composite sketch of a suspect to the public. No arrests have been announced and the case remains open.

Gomez’s funeral was held at New Life Tabernacle COGIC in Houston, where family, friends and members of the local music community gathered to mourn. The shooting and the absence of an arrest have drawn media attention and highlighted concerns about gun violence in the city.

If anyone was at the Mangum Road apartment complex on July 30, 2019, or has information about the composite sketch, please share what is known with investigators.