Sherroin Brentley, a 38-year-old African American man, was fatally shot on December 26, 2017, in Houston, Texas. The shooting happened about 2:10 p.m. while Brentley sat in the driver’s seat of his vehicle parked in a lot on Veterans Memorial Drive. An unidentified African American male approached and fired multiple shots into the vehicle, striking Brentley several times. Brentley tried to flee by accelerating but crashed into a median and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Authorities described the suspect as an African American male who fled in a burgundy Buick LaCrosse. The Houston Police Department opened an investigation and sought tips from the public. Nearly a year after the killing, Ronald Smith, 32, was identified as a suspect wanted in Brentley’s death and in other homicides; law enforcement continued efforts to locate him. Brentley’s family and friends held funeral services in early January 2018.

If anyone has information about Brentley’s shooting, the vehicle seen at the scene, or the suspect’s whereabouts, please come forward.