Tony Evans Jr. was 17 and a senior at Lancaster High School when he was shot and killed on April 11, 2021, in Dallas, Texas. Evans, a promising football recruit for the University of Wyoming, was at a party in a hotel room at the Hawthorn Suites by Wyndham Dallas Love Field when someone at the gathering opened fire. He was taken to Parkland Hospital and pronounced dead; another person was injured but survived.

An 18-year-old, Keyshawn Evanta Harris, was arrested and charged with Evans’ murder and held in the Dallas County Jail on $500,000 bond. Police have not disclosed a motive or explained how Harris was identified as the suspect. Evans’ family has filed a $25 million negligence lawsuit against the hotel, alleging staff allowed an underage party by permitting a 20-year-old to rent and occupy the room in violation of the hotel’s stated age policy.

Anyone who knew Tony, attended that gathering, or has information about the shooting is asked to come forward.