LaDarius Breon Bell, 26, of Longview, Texas, was found with a gunshot wound to the head on December 15, 2019, on the side of a road near Overton and later died at a Tyler hospital. Police say he was in a car used in a reported robbery earlier that day in the 1400 block of East Fairmont Street in Longview. Investigators believe Bell was struck during that exchange and did not survive his injuries.

The Smith County Sheriff’s Office and Longview Police identified and arrested suspects in connection with the incident. Hannah Leigh McCartney, 31, of Lindale, was arrested in March 2020 and later pleaded guilty to murder and received a 30-year sentence; Jared Anthony Freelen was also arrested and charged. Bell is remembered by family as a son, father, and friend.

Did anyone in the Longview or Overton area see the car involved that day or have information about the robbery?