Karlee Michelle Messer, 29, of Amarillo, Texas, was shot during a robbery on the evening of September 23, 2022, at the intersection of NW 3rd and Independence Street. She and another woman sustained life-threatening injuries and were taken to a hospital; Karlee died later that evening. The other woman’s medical status was not reported.

The Amarillo Police Department identified two male suspects, 20-year-old Matthew Aidan Brewer and 21-year-old Adrian Sebastian Ulloa, and both were arrested on murder warrants soon after the shooting. Ulloa was also linked to an earlier shooting the same day at a business near SE 10th and Grand Street where a store clerk was allegedly shot at. The Homicide and Violent Crimes Unit handled the investigation.

Karlee was a cosmetology graduate of Wade Gordon Academy and is remembered by family and friends as devoted to her children, supportive of local bands, and protective of her sisters. Does anyone in Amarillo have information about Karlee that could help preserve her memory or assist the ongoing case?