Karla Marizol Carias, 22, was shot and killed in southeast Houston on December 16, 2016. The shooting occurred around midnight outside her boyfriend’s apartment at the Tropicana Apartments on Kingsway Drive after someone was breaking into her car. Carias was not the intended target; as the burglars fled in a getaway car one of them leaned out a window and fired, striking her. She was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead on arrival.

The Houston Police Department investigated the case. On December 27, 2016, 17-year-old Broderick Delance Knight was arrested and charged with capital murder; police say he confessed during interrogation, admitting the car burglary led to Carias’ death. Knight’s mother maintained he did not pull the trigger and named an acquaintance as the shooter, but Knight was the only person charged.

Anyone who knew Karla or who has information about the burglary and getaway vehicle is asked to come forward.