KaDarian Smith, 22, was shot and killed in his Midtown Houston apartment on November 4, 2020. A former University of Houston Cougars and Spring High School football player, he was found with multiple gunshot wounds to the torso. He called friends, who moved him downstairs while they waited for an ambulance; Smith was later pronounced dead at the hospital.

Investigators found no sign of forced entry, which suggested the shooter may have been known to Smith. Surveillance footage showed four men near the apartment building before the shooting; one of those men, Devion Michael Hurtado, was later identified as the shooter and was arrested on November 20, 2020, and charged with capital murder. The three other men seen in the video have not been charged. During a search of the apartment, authorities recovered 11 pounds of marijuana and the family reported that Rolex watches and a diamond bracelet were missing. The motive remains unclear, though the family believes it was connected to a drug transaction.

Smith’s friends and family remember him for volunteer work and ambitions to play in the NFL or work in sports broadcasting. If anyone has information about the three men seen on surveillance or other details about that night, please share what is known.