Pelatiah Moore, 40, was shot and killed on April 23, 2024, at about 6:30 p.m. Officers found him unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds at an apartment complex at 5610 Royal Palms Street. He was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead.

Witnesses reported Moore had a verbal altercation with an unidentified male shortly before the shooting. The suspect was initially described as a Black male about 40 to 45 years old who fled in a silver four-door sedan driven by a Black female with short hair and glasses. Investigators later identified 51-year-old Reginald Dewayne Howard as the shooter, and a murder charge was filed in the 179th State District Court. Howard was arrested April 29 by the Houston Police Department’s Southeast Patrol Division Crime Suppression Team; the female driver was questioned and released without charges.

The motive for the altercation and shooting remains under investigation. If anyone was at or near 5610 Royal Palms Street that evening or has information about the confrontation, please share what was seen or heard.