Ajif Antao was 23 when he was shot and killed at about 10:50 p.m. on December 27, 2007, while working as the clerk at the K.K. Food Store on Bellfort Avenue in Houston, Texas. Customers who entered the store found him lying behind the counter with a gunshot wound to the neck; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators reported no immediate suspects and classified the death a homicide. The case remained open and unsolved, with the Houston Police Department asking the public for any information that could help identify those responsible. The violent nature of the killing deeply affected Antao’s family and the local community.

If anyone has information about what happened at the K.K. Food Store that night, please share what you know with the Houston Police Department.