On the evening of May 6, 2023, 16-year-old Christopher Lenette was shot and killed while sitting in a parked car with his mother and younger brother outside their apartment complex in southeast Houston. The family had just returned from a laundromat and picking up pizza and were seated at the Crystal Springs Apartments on Selinsky Road near Sesame Street when an unknown assailant fired multiple rounds into the vehicle, striking Christopher in the head. He was taken to a hospital but succumbed to his injuries.

Christopher was a ninth-grade student at Sterling High School near his home. His mother, Lenora Lenette, said she had limited his outings because of crime in the neighborhood and described the family’s shock and confusion after the shooting. The Houston Police Department opened a homicide investigation but had not identified a suspect or a motive as of the latest information. Authorities asked anyone with information to contact the HPD Homicide Division or Crime Stoppers.

If anyone remembers seeing anything at the Crystal Springs Apartments on Selinsky Road that evening or has information that could help the investigation, please share what is known with HPD.