Bruce Wayne Washington Sr., a 47-year-old man from Austin, Texas, was shot and killed on June 24, 2019. He was visiting a friend, Morris Jermaine Shelton, at the Booker T. Washington Terrace apartments in East Austin while his wife waited in the car. Moments after he went inside, gunfire erupted; Bruce was struck multiple times, managed to tell his wife he had been shot, then collapsed.

Shelton, 33, was arrested at the scene and later charged with murder. Shelton admitted to shooting Bruce and said it was over an unspecified issue; he had a prior conviction for aggravated robbery and was on parole at the time. Bruce’s wife told police the shooting appeared unprovoked, though investigators noted Shelton felt uneasy about a meeting that was purportedly for Bruce to buy drugs. Shelton was held with bail set at $1 million.

Anyone who knew Bruce, the circumstances of that night, or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.