On the morning of September 8, 2025, Keith Charles Carter, 60, was found on a staircase at an apartment complex in the Ridgmar area, in the 6500 block of Tomstock Drive in Fort Worth with a gunshot wound to his upper body. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say an initial verbal argument involving Carter and a witness turned physical before an unknown assailant opened fire and fled prior to officers arriving. Police did not immediately release the names of those involved while they processed evidence and searched for the shooter.

In the weeks after the killing, authorities arrested 23-year-old DeJon Spencer and charged him with murder in connection with Carter’s death; officials did not provide a public motive at the time of the arrest and court proceedings were pending. Family and friends gathered later that month for a funeral service and celebration of life on September 27, 2025, at Galatian Missionary Baptist Church, with interment at Cedar Hill Memorial Park. Does anyone have information about the shooting or remember seeing activity around the Tomstock Drive complex that morning?