The actor Akili McDowell, who starred in the television series “David Makes Man” and had roles in “Billions” and “The Astronaut Wives Club”, was accused of fatally shooting a man in the parking lot of a Houston apartment complex.
McDowell, 21, was charged last week with murder in the shooting death of 20-year-old César Peralta, which occurred on July 20, according to the Harris County Sheriff’s Office. McDowell remained in jail on Monday with a bond set at $400,000 for the murder charge. The lawyer listed for him in court records did not immediately respond to a request for comments.
“It’s an unfortunate situation”
The sheriff’s office said that deputies found an unconscious man with gunshot wounds after responding to a call about a shooting at an apartment complex on July 20. The sheriff’s office said several witnesses told deputies that the man had a physical altercation with another individual, who fled on foot after the shooting.
“David Makes Man,” which aired on Oprah Winfrey’s OWN network, followed a teenager named David, played by McDowell, who tried to juggle relationships between his public school friends and drug dealers in his impoverished neighborhood in South Florida.
According to the entertainment database IMDb, McDowell appeared in several episodes of “Billions” and “The Astronaut Wives Club”, and has a role in the recently released film “The Waterboyz.”
