Felipe Hernandez was 17 when he was fatally shot on Thanksgiving morning, November 22, 2018, in the Buckner Terrace neighborhood of Dallas near Skyline High School. The shooting occurred about 9:45 a.m.; witnesses reported hearing gunshots and then seeing three men run toward the school. Felipe was found on the pavement outside Skyline High School and later pronounced dead at Baylor University Medical Center.

Dallas Police Homicide and Crime Stoppers offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information leading to the arrest and indictment of those responsible. No arrests have been publicly announced and the case remains unsolved. Felipe’s mother, Zanaida Hernandez, his sisters Brenda Martinez and Berenice Hernandez, and many family members and friends continue to grieve, and the community has called for justice and an end to youth gun violence.

If anyone saw the area around Skyline High School that morning or has information about the three men witnesses described, please come forward to the Dallas Police Department or Crime Stoppers.