On October 29, 2024, at about 11:50 a.m. police found 17-year-old Isaiah Avila fatally shot in the driver’s seat of his recently purchased vehicle in the parking lot of an apartment complex at 2901 Fulton Street. Paramedics pronounced Avila dead at the scene. Avila’s mother has said she believes her son was the victim of a robbery; no motive has been publicly confirmed.

Investigators identified three juvenile male suspects in the shooting. Two were taken into custody and placed with Harris County Juvenile Probation. The third suspect, 16-year-old JaVory McDuell (also spelled Javory Mcduell in some reports), remained at large. On February 24, 2025, a judge from the 314th District Court authorized release of McDuell’s name and photo to the public; he has not been captured.

Anyone with information about McDuell’s whereabouts is asked to contact the Houston Police Department Homicide Division at 713-308-3600 or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS. Did anyone in the area see activity around 2901 Fulton Street that morning?