On October 9, 2023, 49-year-old Soldem Harris was shot and killed in the parking lot of a convenience store at 6303 Eastland Street in Houston, Texas. Officers found Harris with multiple gunshot wounds; he was taken to Ben Taub General Hospital and pronounced dead on arrival. HPD reported Harris had been in a physical altercation with a male suspect before the shooting.

Surveillance images released October 10 identified a primary suspect as 30-year-old Javunte Jerome Bradshaw. Bradshaw was charged with murder on October 27, and on November 27 he was arrested during a traffic stop and was also charged with unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon after a gun was found on him. Investigators later identified a second suspect, 21-year-old Jeremi Orange, who is alleged to have handed the firearm to Bradshaw; Orange was arrested January 5, 2024, and charged with murder.

The investigation remains active as authorities work to establish the full sequence of events that led to Harris’s death. If anyone has information that could assist the homicide division, please contact HPD Homicide or Crime Stoppers.