Willie Earl Johnson, 56, was fatally shot outside his home at the corner of Glenhurst Drive and South Wayside Drive in Houston’s South Park neighborhood on March 8, 2024. A neighbor reported hearing a gunshot around 8 p.m.; Houston Fire Department personnel found Johnson’s body near the driveway and sidewalk and he was pronounced dead at the scene. His family described him as a homebody and a cheerful, helpful father, husband, brother, cousin and uncle, and appealed for anyone with information to come forward.

On March 14, 2024, Houston Police arrested 61-year-old Randy Anthony Barnes and charged him with murder. HPD’s Homicide Division identified Barnes as the primary suspect and the charge was filed in the 339th State District Court. Authorities have not publicly released a motive or detailed account of the events that led to the shooting.

Does anyone in the South Park area have information about that night or knew Johnson and can help investigators?