HOUSTON – A suspect has been charged nearly four months after a man was found shot to death inside a vacant apartment in southwest Houston on April 12, according to the Houston Police Department.
Kwamaine Tarver, 27, was charged with capital murder in the shooting death of Robert Travis, 26.
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Officers responded to reports of a shooting in the 9000 block of Braesmont Drive around 7:50 p.m.
Houston police said Travis was found inside a vacant apartment unit with multiple gunshot wounds. He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators believe robbery was a motive in the shooting.
Further into the investigation, detectives identified the suspect as Tarver in this case. He was arrested on Aug. 3 in Will County, Illinois on a capital murder warrant. Tarver was formally charged Aug. 5 and is awaiting extradition back to Harris County.
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