On the night of July 10, 2023, at about 10:10 p.m., Houston police found 67-year-old Kenneth Battle in a grassy median in the 9100 block of Martin Luther King Boulevard. He had sustained multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced dead at the scene. Witnesses said an individual later identified as 55-year-old Kenneth Wayne Thomas stole Mr. Battle’s vehicle and parked it in a nearby residential area shortly after the shooting.

Police identified Thomas as the primary suspect and arrested him on July 20, 2023; he was charged with murder in the 263rd State District Court and held on $100,000 bond.

Mr. Battle had retired in October 2021 after 27 years as a driver for the City of Houston Library and was active in local basketball leagues. Does anyone have information about Mr. Battle’s movements on the evening of July 10, 2023, or about the vehicle theft reported after the shooting?