Kevin Roman was a 39-year-old football coach and mentor in Houston, remembered for his work at Clear Lake Christian School and KIPP Academy. On September 10, 2016, his body was found in his Sunnyside home on Sparrow Street in an advanced state of decomposition, consistent with having been dead several days. The autopsy and scene evidence showed he had been shot 11 times in the upper body with a .45 caliber weapon; several shell casings were recovered and the house was in disarray but no valuables were missing.

Investigators determined the shooter was known to Roman. Two days after the body was found, Roman’s brother was arrested with the murder weapon. Three years later, Laquinta Renee Johnson, a 32-year-old woman who had been in a dating relationship with Roman, was charged with the murder; authorities say she confessed, citing jealousy over Roman seeing other women. Johnson had a prior conviction for aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.