HOUSTON, TX – Houston police have arrested a suspect charged in the fatal shooting of a male at The Link Apartments at 14723 West Oaks Plaza Drive about 10:55 p.m. on September 14, 2024.
According to HPD Homicide Division investigators, patrol officers responded to a suspicious person with a weapon call at the complex. A caller reported hearing gunshots and seeing individuals flee the area with weapons. Officers arrived and found an unresponsive male suffering multiple gunshot wounds. Houston Fire Department paramedics pronounced the victim, identified as Austin Pham, 23, deceased at the scene.
Further investigation identified D’Marion Manuel, 21, as a suspect. He was arrested on November 18 by the HPD Westside Patrol Division’s Crime Suppression Team. Manuel is charged with capital murder in the 486th Criminal District Court and has been booked into the Harris County Jail.
If you have any information, you are urged to contact the Houston Police Department or Crime Stoppers at 713-222-TIPS.
