Joshua Dean Farmer, 29, was found shot in the head in the parking lot of the Williamstown Apartments on Bissonnet Street in Houston on April 6, 2019. Paramedics took him to Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital, where he had surgery but was later pronounced dead.

The Houston Police Department Homicide Division took over the case. Witnesses reported hearing two gunshots and officers recovered a pistol shell casing at the scene. Detectives noted tattoos on Farmer and his past as possible links to narcotics or gang activity, and surveillance footage from the area was being reviewed for leads. No suspects or arrests have been publicly identified and the investigation remains open.

Anyone with information about Farmer’s death is asked to contact investigators.