Joseph Anthony Williams, 47, was fatally shot on January 13, 2024, at about 8:05 p.m. at a gas station at 3821 Old Spanish Trail in Houston. A passing motorist alerted Houston Police Department officers, who found Williams unresponsive near the gas pumps; Houston Fire Department paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene.

Witnesses reported Williams was involved in an altercation with a woman identified as 35-year-old Shayla Monique Washington, also known as Shayla Monique Rugimbana. According to those accounts, Washington shot Williams in the mouth and fled in a silver Nissan Armada with Texas paper tags 4544E98. HPD’s Homicide Division gathered statements and evidence, Washington was charged with murder in the 184th State District Court, and on January 17, 2024, officers from HPD’s North Division Crime Suppression Team arrested and booked her into the Harris County Jail.

The motive and whether Williams and Washington had any prior relationship remain under investigation, and authorities have not released further details about the events leading to the shooting. Did anyone see activity at that gas station on the evening of January 13 that could help clarify what happened?