On December 3, 2023, at about 5:25 p.m., 53-year-old Dwayne Robinson was fatally shot in the parking lot of Garza’s Tire Shop at 4922 Lockwood Drive in northeast Houston. Witnesses say Robinson had arrived to inflate his tires shortly after another customer, 42-year-old Anthony Ray Gardner, and that an exchange of words escalated before Gardner allegedly fired multiple shots. The shooting happened quickly and in front of the tire shop owner’s family, including three young children.

Gardner reportedly fled in a maroon SUV that was later found abandoned at a nearby gas station. Houston Police identified Gardner from surveillance footage and witness statements and arrested him on December 4. He has been charged with murder and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon in the 232nd State District Court; court records show he is being held on $500,000 bond. Prosecutors requested he be held without bond, and Gardner’s record includes a 2001 conviction for a fatal beating with a bat.

Robinson’s death has left family and the neighborhood mourning; an online memorial has been created and the tire shop owner has held vigils and spoken of the trauma to his children. If anyone witnessed the shooting or has information about the events at Garza’s Tire Shop that evening, please come forward.