Carlos Benjamin, 34, was shot and killed inside an apartment on the 15300 block of Park Row Drive in west Houston on Saturday, July 26, 2025. Officers responding around 12:45 p.m. found him unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds; Houston Fire Department paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

Police say the shooting followed an argument between Benjamin and his younger brother, 26-year-old John Caya Byrd. Patrol officers located Byrd at the scene; he told officers he had shot his brother, was taken into custody, interviewed by detectives, and was charged with murder in the 497th State District Court before being booked into the Harris County Jail. Authorities have not released what sparked the dispute.

Anyone who knew Carlos, his movements that day, or who has information about the argument that led to the shooting is asked to come forward.