Matthew Francis was 16 when he was shot in the head on the night of October 23, 2018, at the Garden Oaks Apartments on Royal Palms Street in southeast Houston. He was found in a breezeway and taken to Ben Taub Hospital on life support; he died around 9 p.m. on October 25, 2018. Reports indicate there had been a fight at the back of the complex and investigators say shell casings formed a trail leading to the middle of the complex, suggesting Matthew may have been chased as shots were fired.

Matthew did not live at the complex; his father says he was visiting a friend. There were no direct witnesses to the shooting, only people who heard gunfire, and detectives describe the investigation as hampered by the absence of cooperative witnesses. Crime Stoppers has offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information identifying the shooter, but as of the last update no suspect has been publicly identified.

Did anyone in the area that night see anything that could help identify who fired those shots?