James Weldon Ecford, 26, was shot and killed on April 11, 2016, in Houston while intervening to protect his mother during an attempted robbery in their condominium parking lot. Hearing her screams, Ecford ran out and struggled with the suspect, who shot him in the head. Ecford was taken to a nearby hospital and later died of his injuries.

Investigators say the shooter was one of four black males who fled in a white four-door vehicle; the suspects also stole the mother’s purse. The Houston Police Department Homicide Division, led by Sergeant T. Simmons and Officer S. Overstreet, handled the inquiry and asked anyone with information to contact HPD Homicide or Crime Stoppers. Ecford’s family remembers him as kind and courageous; he had been diagnosed with autism as a child and was a two-time unanimous all-district football player recruited to Abilene Christian University.

Does anyone have information about the robbery or the white four-door vehicle that could help clarify what happened that night?