David Robert DeLitta, a 38-year-old Special Agent with the EPA Criminal Investigations Division, was shot and killed on October 27, 1988, in Houston during what was described as a robbery. DeLitta and a co-worker had just served a subpoena and were meeting other agents for dinner on Gulf Freeway when an armed suspect confronted them and ordered them to place their wallets on the hood of their car. While attempting to retrieve his duty weapon from an ankle holster, DeLitta was shot; a final wound passed through his arm into his abdomen. He was taken to a local hospital, underwent about 30 hours of surgery, and died the following day.

DeLitta was a 16-year law enforcement veteran and a U.S. Marine Corps Vietnam veteran who had worked for the FBI, the Tampa Police Department, the Greeley Police Department, and as an undercover DEA special agent. He had been with the EPA for four months at the time of his death and is survived by his wife, son, daughter, parents, brother, and sister. The suspect fled but later surrendered to a television station; he was convicted on state and federal charges and sentenced to death. The gun used in DeLitta’s killing was linked to another murder after the suspect was in custody.

Did anyone who knew David or who was in that area on October 27, 1988, see or hear anything that could add detail to what happened that night?