Henry Joe Joby Anderson Jr. was 22 when he was shot and killed on December 3, 2015, in the 2000 block of Cedar Avenue in Lubbock, Texas. He was pronounced dead shortly after paramedics arrived. Born March 12, 1993, Joby graduated from Roosevelt High School, where he played baseball, football, and ran track. He is survived by his parents, Octavia and Henry Joe Anderson Sr., two children, Brooklyn Nay Anderson and Henry Joby Anderson III, siblings and extended family.

The Lubbock Police Department identified 27-year-old Isaias Cabello as the primary suspect and charged him with murder. Cabello was arrested in April 2018 in Colorado Springs by the U.S. Marshals Service after investigators located him hiding in an apartment; he was held in Douglas County, Colorado, awaiting extradition. During the March 2021 trial a witness recanted or gave testimony that differed from their 2015 statement, and the Chief Prosecuting Attorney, Barron Slack, moved to dismiss the charges on constitutional and ethical grounds; the trial was halted and Cabello, who had pleaded not guilty, was released.

There remains no final resolution in this killing; anyone with information about Joby Anderson’s death is asked to come forward.