Elston Morris Howard, a 24-year-old African American male, was a dedicated officer with the Houston Police Department's Vice Division. On the night of July 19, 1988, Officer Howard was inside the Empire Adult Bookstore on Richmond Avenue, Houston, TX, to issue citations for city ordinance violations. While completing his paperwork, Robert Mitchell Jennings, a man with a prior robbery conviction, entered the store with the intent to commit a robbery. Upon seeing Officer Howard, Jennings shot him
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