Marlin Jordan died protecting his girlfriend.
On June 23, 2019 , the 26-year-old was shot to death moments after he parked his car in front of his apartment on Hillmont Street in northwest Houston.
Five years later, Jordan’s murder is still unsolved.
This is why Detective Sgt. John Stroble, with the Houston Police Department, contacted ABC13’s Courtney Fischer and released some of the evidence in Jordan’s case.
Early that morning, Maya Brashier, Jordan’s girlfriend, called 911 moments after both had been shot.
Maya was hit in the leg and was able to communicate with the dispatcher, but Jordan was in bad shape. He had been shot multiple times as he shielded Brashier from the shooter.
“In his last actions, he didn’t think. We just acted,” Stroble told Eyewitness News.
Moments before the shooting, the man with the gun demanded Jordan’s wallet and Brashier’s backpack. The couple cooperated, investigators say, handing the items over. The man shot Jordan anyway, then ran off.