Brandon D. Grant, a 30-year-old African American man, was found dead in East Austin on July 16, 2016. His body was discovered lying on the pavement in the 7400 block of Johnny Morris Road near Loyola Lane; Austin-Travis County EMS attempted resuscitation but he was pronounced dead at 1:36 a.m. The Travis County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide, noting both gunshot and stab wounds.

Investigators say Grant had a confrontation with a high-ranking member of the Crips. Joseph Andre Sterling, known as Joe Joe, was identified in an arrest affidavit as the primary suspect; police allege Sterling shot and killed Grant in the early hours of July 16. Witnesses reported Grant got into a vehicle with another man shortly before his death and the vehicle left after a short stay in the parking lot. Phone records from Grant’s mother’s phone reportedly linked Sterling to contact with Grant around the time of the killing.

Sterling was arrested and booked into the Travis County Jail with bond set at $1 million. Grant’s mother says she had received threats from Sterling and urged that her son did not deserve to die despite his struggles with drug addiction. Does anyone have information about the vehicle, the brief parking-lot encounter, or other witnesses from that night?