John Douglas Somich was killed in a road rage shooting in Cinco Ranch, a suburb of Katy, Texas, on August 30, 2017. He was 51, a University of Texas graduate and a longtime BP employee in Technology Commercialization Upstream Technology who took part in projects including the Deepwater Horizon response. Reports say a traffic altercation at a red light escalated into a physical confrontation and the other driver, who was legally carrying a firearm, shot Somich.

The shooter was detained by authorities and later released; the Fort Bend County Sheriff’s Office referred the matter to a grand jury for review. Somich is survived by his wife Julia Ann Hughes and two sons, Jack and Joel Somich.

If anyone witnessed the altercation at the red light or has information about that stretch of road on August 30, 2017, please come forward.