Laderion Finley, 31, was shot and killed in downtown Dallas in the early hours of September 27, 2025. Officers were first called about 2:28 a.m. to a report involving a stolen iPhone in Deep Ellum; police contacted those involved but did not recover the phone. About an hour later a large fight broke out, people returned to their cars, and shortly after shots were reported. Finley was found wounded on the 500 block of North Akard Street, transported by Dallas Fire-Rescue, and pronounced dead at a hospital.

According to an arrest affidavit, witnesses said a white Kia driven by 26-year-old Kent Butler accelerated toward Finley as he walked away; the vehicle swerved and struck him, and as Finley fell and tried to flee the driver exited and shot him multiple times. Butler voluntarily went to Police Headquarters on September 28, spoke with detectives, turned over a gun, and was arrested and charged with murder.

Was anyone in Deep Ellum that night who saw the confrontation or the white Kia coming from North Akard Street?