Charlotte Ellis, 68, was shot and killed on February 11, 2015, in the parking lot of Willowbrook Mall at 7925 FM 1960 in Houston. She was sitting inside her truck with her daughter, 45-year-old Damitra Ellis, when both were shot. Charlotte died at the scene; Damitra was taken to Memorial Hermann Hospital with a gunshot wound to the head.

The suspect, 21-year-old Dante Azjan Thomas, is described as Charlotte’s great-nephew and Damitra’s cousin. Thomas had been living with both victims after his release from Harris County jail on January 30, 2015. He was arrested on February 13, 2015, and charged with murder and aggravated assault of a family member in the Willowbrook Mall shooting.

Investigators reported Thomas was also out on $50,000 bail at the time, facing an earlier charge in the January 27, 2015, stabbing death of 24-year-old Linda Vu; Thomas was arrested for that killing on January 29, 2015. Did anyone know Charlotte or Damitra, or have information about their movements at Willowbrook Mall that day?