Update: Suspect Charged in 2021 Fatal Shooting at 2900 South Gessner Road

A suspect has been charged in the 2021 fatal shooting of a man at 2900 South Gessner Road that occurred about 3:40 a.m. on April 18, 2021.

The victim, Dave Stephens, 28, was pronounced dead at the scene.

HPD Homicide Division Sergeant M. Holbrook and Detective J. Roscoe and R. Lujan reported:

Mr. Stephens and his girlfriend arrived in their vehicle to their apartment complex at the above address. Stephens dropped off his girlfriend near their apartment and went to park the vehicle, a white Nissan Rogue. Moments later, the girlfriend heard gunshots. She looked outside and saw Stephens had been shot.

The Nissan was stolen during the incident and later found abandoned in north Houston.

Update: JKS/ECR 9-26-25 JFC/JKS 4-19-21 Inc #051149321

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