Michael Ford, 43, was killed on the afternoon of July 7, 2025 while working as a maintenance employee at the Twelve620 Apartments off the Eastex Freeway in northeast Harris County. Deputies found him fatally wounded in the courtyard; he died at the scene. Initial accounts led to the detention of a 34-year-old tenant who said he had fired in self-defense after an argument and a shove.

Investigators gathered statements from the courtyard and breezeways and reviewed records. Forensic evidence and the medical examiner’s findings recorded Ford had been shot at least ten times from a distance, a pattern inconsistent with a close-quarters struggle. The handgun recovered was reported stolen the previous year. On July 18, 2025, authorities charged Landers with murder following a grand jury indictment.

Does anyone have information about the Twelve620 Apartments, the tenant’s interactions with maintenance staff, or Ford’s rounds that afternoon?