Charges have been filed against a second suspect arrested in the fatal shooting of a man found at 5899 Bellfort Avenue about 4:20 a.m. on May 22, 2024.
The suspect, Osirus Chandler, 26, is charged with murder in the 185th State District Court.
Another suspect, Sean Donte Bullard, 26, is charged with murder in the 228th State District Court. Booking photos of Chandler and Bullard are attached to this news release.
The victim is identified as Nicholas Batiste, 22.
HPD Homicide Division Sergeant C. Duncan and Detective V. Nguyen reported:
HPD patrol officers responded to a shooting call at the above address and found the victim, later identified as Mr. Batiste, unresponsive on a sidewalk. He had suffered multiple gunshot wounds and was pronounced deceased at the scene by Houston Fire Department paramedics.
Further investigation identified Bullard as a suspect in this case and he was subsequently charged. On Wednesday (February 19), Bullard was arrested in Tyler County, Texas by the Gulf Coast Violent Offenders Task Force with assistance from the Tyler County Sherriff’s Office.
Detectives also identified Chandler as a suspect in this case. He was taken into custody on an unrelated charge on August 15 and booked into the Harris County Jail. He was subsequently charged for his role in this incident.