Kailyn Gann, 27, of Luling, Texas, was found dead inside a home on Locust Avenue after a reported shooting just after 5:15 a.m. on July 20, 2020. Officers discovered Gann with an apparent gunshot wound; a 31-year-old man, Abel Magallanez Jr., was also found at the scene with a firearm and a gunshot wound to his face and was airlifted to a hospital in critical condition.

Authorities are treating Gann’s death as a homicide and investigators are working to reconstruct the events that led to the shooting. The department has not released a motive or clarified the relationship between Gann and Magallanez. Charges were expected to be filed as the investigation continued.

Anyone who was in the Locust Avenue area that morning or who knew Kailyn or Abel and can help piece together what happened is asked to come forward with information.