Harry Louis Polite III, a 31-year-old African American man, was found dead on January 16, 2017, in the 3200 block of Brownsville Drive in Killeen, Texas. Justice of the Peace Claudia Brown pronounced him dead at the scene and ordered an autopsy at the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas. Investigators determined his death was a homicide after finding him lying in the roadway with fatal injuries sustained during a violent altercation prior to his death.

The Killeen Police Department opened a homicide investigation but did not announce any arrests immediately after the killing. Limited witness cooperation and a lack of concrete evidence have been cited as obstacles; the case remained open with no significant developments in the years that followed. Polite’s family has expressed frustration and continues to seek answers.

If anyone has information about events on Brownsville Drive on January 16, 2017, please come forward.