Zeontre DaShon Horton was an 18-year-old from Killeen, Texas, who died from a gunshot wound on August 28, 2019. Known to family and friends as Tinky, he was born November 27, 1999, in Austin to Christian Chimere Hopes and Zedrick Keith Horton and moved to Killeen with his mother and younger brothers in 2013. He was an active member of the Christian House of Prayer in Killeen and was remembered by his family as a caring big brother.

Two men were charged in connection with the shooting; their family members maintained the shooting was in self-defense. The case prompted multiple arrests and an extensive investigation, and it received significant local attention as it proceeded through the court system. Zeontre’s funeral was held at the Christian House of Prayer in Copperas Cove and at King-Tears Mortuary in Austin.

Does anyone in the Killeen or Copperas Cove area have information about Zeontre or the events around August 28, 2019?