Kevin Hernandez, 36, was shot to death on the night of August 7, 2025, while seated in the driver’s seat of a pickup outside Louisiana Famous Chicken and Seafood on Ramey Avenue in Fort Worth. Officers arrived just before 10 p.m. and found Hernandez with multiple gunshot wounds; his truck had rolled forward after the shooting and struck the restaurant, causing only minor damage. He was pronounced dead at the scene and the Tarrant County Medical Examiner listed the cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds.

Surveillance footage and scene evidence show a red SUV pulling into the lot moments before the shooting. Two people exited that vehicle carrying guns, ran toward the pickup and fired more than a dozen rounds before fleeing. Tactical officers moved on a nearby location within hours; police booked 17-year-old Giovany Hernandez-Tafoya into jail on a murder charge and detained a juvenile in connection with the ambush. Early reports noted the victim and Giovany Hernandez-Tafoya are half-brothers, but no motive has been publicly confirmed.

If anyone was in the Ramey Avenue area that night or knows more about the sequence of events leading up to the ambush, please share information with investigators.