Tomas Newman, also known as Tamás, was fatally shot on November 26, 2024, in Houston, Texas. He was 30 and had gone to check on a neighbor’s house in the 200 block of Uvalde Road when he encountered 35-year-old Adrian G. Reeves, who allegedly shot him. Reeves was reportedly looking for someone else with whom he had a conflict and encountered Newman instead.

A SWAT team apprehended Reeves after a standoff at a Baytown hotel on December 5, 2024, and he was charged with murder in connection with Newman’s death. Newman was born November 11, 1994, the son of Nakisha Newman and David Renfro. He was a former football standout at Enterprise Attendance Center, played for Virginia University-Lynchburg and the Arena Football League’s Wyoming Mustangs, graduated in 2013, and was recently added to his high school’s Wall of Fame. Funeral services were held December 13, 2024, at Pine Grove Church in Sontag, Mississippi, with visitation December 12 and burial at Pine Grove Church Cemetery.

If anyone knew Tomas, his activities that night, or saw anything in the 200 block of Uvalde Road on November 26, please share information.