James Robertson, 40, was shot and killed in the courtyard of The Villas at Park Place apartment complex, 8351 Park Place Boulevard, on December 13, 2023, at about 11:00 p.m. Houston Fire Department paramedics responded but Robertson was pronounced dead at the scene after suffering multiple gunshot wounds.

Witnesses said Robertson had been in a heated argument with an unidentified male in the courtyard before the confrontation escalated into the shooting. Houston Police Department Homicide Division detectives and officers gathered evidence and interviewed witnesses in the investigation.

Investigators later identified 34-year-old Lex Crouts as the primary suspect; Crouts was taken into custody on January 13, 2024, and charged with murder in the 488th State District Court.

Did anyone in the area see or hear what led to the argument that night?