Russell Soltani, a 66-year-old man of Iranian ethnicity, was fatally shot on June 11, 2014, in the parking lot of a car sales business on the 8900 block of Long Point Road near Campbell Road in Houston. Witnesses heard two gunshots and reported seeing a black male running from the scene carrying a gun in one hand and a container in the other.

Two men were later charged in connection with the killing. Derian Wilson, 23, was arrested on July 9, 2014. Lawrence Taylor, 23, was arrested on September 29, 2014. Both were accused of approaching Soltani in the parking lot and shooting him; charges against Wilson were upgraded to capital murder on November 18, 2015.

The shooting had a profound effect on Soltani’s family and friends, who remembered him and mourned his loss. If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information that could shed light on what happened that day, please come forward.