Jerome Harris, 32, was fatally shot late on Saturday, January 31, 2026, in Baytown, Texas. Harris, originally from Louisiana, had recently moved to Baytown for work. At about 10 p.m. a call to the Baytown Police Department reported an unresponsive male at an apartment complex in the 1700 block of James Bowie Drive. Paramedics were on scene and Harris was taken to a hospital, where he died of a gunshot wound.

Detectives and crime scene personnel from the Baytown Police Department are treating the death as a homicide. Authorities have not released details about suspects or the events that led to the shooting and describe the investigation as active. Any small detail could be important to the case.

If anyone saw activity near the 1700 block of James Bowie Drive on the night of January 31 or has information about Jerome Harris’s movements, please contact Baytown police.