John Wesley Perry III, a 38-year-old African American man, was shot multiple times and died at the scene in a parking lot at Octapharma Plasma in the 5300 block of Bosque Boulevard in Waco, Texas, on May 17, 2022. Officers arrived about 8:30 a.m. and found Perry deceased from gunshot wounds.

Police say Perry had been talking with 31-year-old African American woman Ardra Robinson in the parking lot when an altercation escalated and the shooting occurred. Robinson was identified as the suspect, arrested and charged with Perry’s murder; she was booked at the McLennan County Jail on $500,000 bond. The handgun believed to have been used was thought to have been discarded near the 1600 block of West Waco Drive. The motive remains unclear, though investigators reported Perry and Robinson knew each other and continued to probe their relationship and the events that led to the fatal encounter.

This was reported as the 13th murder in Waco for 2022. If anyone saw the interaction in the Octapharma parking lot that morning or has information about the discarded handgun, please come forward.