Artis Antonio Mathis, a 39-year-old Black man, was found with a gunshot wound on the 100 block of Laurie Lane in Willis, Texas, on June 22, 2025. Officers arrived about 6:15 p.m.; life-saving measures were started and Montgomery County Hospital District medics joined them, but Mathis was pronounced dead at the scene.

The Willis Police Department and the Montgomery County Sheriff’s Office treated the location as active in the hours after the shooting. By the next day investigators identified a 54-year-old man, Derrick Lamont Bradford, as someone believed to be involved and said he was cooperating with detectives. Officials reported no ongoing threat to the public and no charges had been filed in the initial updates.

Authorities continued to ask for tips and withheld further specifics about how the shooting unfolded. If anyone has information about what happened on Laurie Lane that evening, please contact detectives or Crime Stoppers.