On August 10, 2017, at about 12:29 p.m. Dallas officers found 33-year-old Gregory Wallace, a Black man, dead from gunshot wounds inside a room at a motel on 109 West Overton Road. His 2001 green Honda Civic with temporary Texas paper tag 746681 was missing from the scene.

Detectives later identified 20-year-old Chris Betts, a Black male, as the primary suspect. With help from the United States Marshals Service, Betts was located and arrested in Hattiesburg, Mississippi on unrelated warrants and was subsequently charged with capital murder in Wallace’s killing; his bond was set at $500,000. The arrest affidavit reportedly links Betts to the crime, though the affidavit and police releases did not disclose motive or the detailed circumstances of the shooting.

An online memorial was created for Wallace where community members have lit candles and left condolences. Anyone with information about this homicide is asked to contact Homicide Detective Brian Tabor.