Braylon Tyrese Hines, a 21-year-old African American man, was killed in a shooting at the Liberty 6 Motel on East Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Killeen, Texas, on September 5, 2021. Police arrived shortly after 8 p.m. and found Hines unconscious on the floor; a 32-year-old man with gunshot wounds was also at the scene and was taken to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center in Temple in stable condition. An autopsy was ordered at the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas to determine the exact cause of death.

The Killeen Police Department classified the slaying as the city’s 10th murder of 2021 and opened a criminal investigation, but no arrests or suspects have been publicly identified. Hines attended Ellison High School, participated in ROTC, worked at Central Texas Tree & Lawn Maintenance, and was remembered by family and friends for aspiring to be a rapper and comedian.

Does anyone who was in Killeen that evening or who knew Braylon have information that could help investigators?