Kennedy Asante, 28, a Black/African American male from Houston, was fatally shot on July 15, 2025, near a METRO bus on Antoine Drive after an altercation with the bus driver. According to police, Asante boarded the bus tied to Route 85/606 in the 5300 block of Antoine and was refused service due to a prior disturbance. As the confrontation escalated, he allegedly assaulted the driver and ran from the bus.
A woman who had been on the bus stepped off, waited near the entrance, and then, as Asante fled, pulled a pistol from her waistband and fired multiple times. Officers found Asante with several gunshot wounds; he was transported to a hospital where he was pronounced dead.
Detectives identified the shooter as 19-year-old Asia C. Law. She fled on foot after the shooting but was arrested two days later and charged with murder in Harris County’s 248th State District Court. Investigators said surveillance footage from the bus connected Law to the killing and that they recognized her from a separate shooting the previous day at a METRO bus stop on Tidwell Road. In that earlier incident, court records allege she fired at a vehicle near a bus stop after a dispute at a nearby McDonald’s; no one was injured.
Authorities reported that in the Antoine Drive case, the victim was identified as Kennedy Asante, and the sequence of events—refused service, the assault on the driver, and the shots as he ran—was captured in investigative accounts. Media reports note that Law’s bond was set at $50,000 for the aggravated assault charge stemming from the Tidwell incident, while a separate bond for the murder charge was initially not set. As the case moved into court, outlets summarized the allegations that Law shot Asante after he attacked the driver and left the bus.
Community and archival listings recorded Asante’s death from gun violence on July 15 in Houston, reflecting the official timeline and location released by authorities. Spanish-language coverage reiterated that the shooting occurred around 9:30 and that Asante died after being taken to the hospital, aligning with police statements that he was pronounced deceased after transport.
