Suspect arrested, charged in murder of man found shot to death in grassy area, Houston police say

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Authorities announced Friday they have arrested and charged a suspect in the death of a man found in a grassy area in southeast Houston last week.

The Houston Police Department said Kenneth Wayne Thomas, 55, is charged with the murder of Kenneth Battle, 67.

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According to HPD, on July 10, at about 10:10 p.m., officers found Battle with multiple gunshot wounds in a grassy median along Martin Luther King Boulevard. He was pronounced dead at the scene.

Witnesses reported seeing the suspect, later identified as Thomas, steal Battle's vehicle and park it in a residential area near the shooting scene.

Thomas was taken into custody on Thursday and subsequently charged in the case.