Tommy Elijah Gouge, 20, was found dead of a gunshot wound to the face at the Canyon Creek Apartments on Stone Canyon Road in North Dallas on January 23, 2021. Officers responding to a shooting call discovered him at about 1:30 a.m.; he was pronounced dead at the scene.

An 18-year-old, Timothy Kaylon Valdez, was arrested shortly after the shooting and charged with murder in connection with Gouge’s death. Investigators say Valdez allegedly shot Gouge, but reports do not make clear whether the two knew one another or what prompted the confrontation.

The motive and the relationship between victim and suspect remain under investigation. Does anyone who lived near Canyon Creek Apartments that night have information about what happened or saw anything unusual around 1:30 a.m. on January 23, 2021?