Shortly after 2:20 a.m. on July 8, 2024, residents at an apartment complex on 10630 Beechnut Street in Houston heard gunfire and found 49-year-old Albert Christopher Brant in a common area with apparent gunshot wounds. Emergency responders pronounced Brant dead at the scene. Authorities initially had no known suspect or motive.

Detectives later identified 19-year-old Jaden Matthew Yates-Lawal as a suspect. On July 29, 2024, officers from the Houston Police Department’s Westside Patrol Division Crime Suppression Team arrested Yates-Lawal; he was charged with Brant’s murder in the 182nd State District Court and also faced charges related to an unrelated robbery at the same complex. The motive for the shooting has not been disclosed.

Did anyone in the area see or hear anything unusual around the complex that night or know Mr. Brant’s movements before 2:20 a.m. on July 8?