Seventeen-year-old Jaden McMillan was shot on the evening of July 10, 2025, along the 3100 block of Easter Avenue in South Dallas and later died at a nearby hospital. Police and Dallas Fire-Rescue responded about 6:40 p.m.; first reports described a residential stretch of Easter Avenue in an area sometimes called East Oak Cliff. Authorities publicly identified the victim as 17-year-old Jaden McMillan by July 12 and opened a homicide investigation.

Detectives said a preliminary inquiry determined McMillan was shot by an unknown suspect. Police assigned case number 098231-2025 and asked anyone with information to contact investigators. Local reporting and later funeral notices in July confirmed his death and the community’s loss. No arrests or suspect description had been announced in mid-July, and subsequent coverage listed the case as an active investigation.

Did anyone in the area on Easter Avenue that evening see or hear anything that could help investigators?