On March 18, 2023, at about 7:03 a.m., Austin police responded to a reported shooting in the 300 block of Deen Avenue in North Austin. Officers found 30-year-old Barry Charles Dockery Jr. lying in the backyard of a residence with multiple gunshot wounds. Emergency medical personnel attempted life-saving measures, but Dockery was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators determined he had been in the front yard when shot, and after being struck he managed to walk to the backyard before collapsing. The case was recorded as Austin’s 17th homicide of 2023.

In the days after the shooting two people were arrested: 32-year-old Brittney Curry was taken into custody March 23 and charged with first-degree murder, and 33-year-old Kendra Johnson was arrested April 4 in San Marcos and also charged with first-degree murder. A third person, 36-year-old Steve Gregory Bryant, was later identified as being sought in connection with the case; police described him as 6 feet tall and 205 pounds and asked anyone with information to contact them. Dockery was remembered by family as a loving father of two who enjoyed music; relatives held a balloon release on April 1, which would have been his 31st birthday.

Does anyone have information about the shooting or about Bryant’s whereabouts that could help investigators?