A man seen wearing a costume when a 20-year-old was killed on Austin near Lamar Street came forward as the shooter, his attorney said. On Thursday, at about 1:30 a.m., officers responded to a shooting on Austin and Lamar Street in downtown. The Houston Police Department put out surveillance footage, which was shortened and cut, showing the victim being held back by a second person while walking toward two people with a tripod on the street.
One of the men appears to kick the tripod and lunge forward before the shooter pulls out a gun and fires at the man who died. On the footage released by HPD, the shooter and another person of interest then left, returned hours later, and drove off in a Mazda 3 Hatchback. According to his attorney, Allison Mathis, her client is in his mid-20s and from the Houston area. The suspect and his partner are artists and amateur photographers who were taking pictures downtown and minding their own business, according to Mathis