Otis Keith Parker Jr., 35, was found unresponsive in the driver’s seat of a vehicle that had apparently crashed at an apartment complex at 5901 Selinsky Road in southeast Houston on May 18, 2023, about 4:25 a.m. Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene; he had suffered at least one gunshot wound. A female passenger in the car was uninjured.

Investigators say Parker had been driving two women from Baton Rouge to Houston; the women were reportedly carrying cash earned from dancing. Police say a plan was made to rob Parker of at least $1,500. Text messages among the people involved reportedly show coordination of the robbery, including messages from 21-year-old Harris County detention officer Jarrell Tavon Wheeler while he was on duty. Wheeler is accused of leaving work early to take part in the ambush.

Wheeler was arrested June 29, 2023, and charged with capital murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. Subsequent arrests named 21-year-old Quitiana Rene Taylor (arrested July 3) and 20-year-old Mariah Corinthian Green (arrested July 10), both charged with capital murder and aggravated assault.

If anyone knew Parker, the travel arrangements he was making, or observed activity around Selinsky Road the morning of May 18, please share what is known.