Sgt. Francine Martinez was a 24-year-old soldier and mother stationed at Fort Hood who was shot after an altercation in a Killeen bar parking lot in the early morning hours of September 4, 2021. Witnesses say she left the Hangover Bar & Grill as a passenger in a red Dodge Challenger; Cpl. Nakealon Keunte Mosley followed in a white Chrysler, pulled alongside on West Elms Road around 1:50 a.m., and fired several shots into the car. Francine was hit once in the head, evacuated to two hospitals, and died at 10:25 p.m. on September 16, 2021, after 12 days in surgery and treatment.

Mosley was arrested on September 5, 2021, initially on aggravated assault charges and later indicted for murder on November 10, 2021. At trial, evidence was presented that someone else may have driven Mosley’s car and fired the weapon; the prosecution proceeded under the law of parties. Mosley was convicted of murder in July and sentenced to 60 years in prison. His former roommate, Demetrius Lavar Jones Jr., has at times been identified in reports as the possible driver and shooter; Jones was arrested in November 2024 but the murder charge was dismissed in September 2025 because a key witness was unavailable, with prosecutors saying they intend to refile when that witness can testify.

Are there witnesses or additional details about the parking lot encounter that could clarify who fired the shots that killed Francine Martinez?