Kearon Deon Taylor, 16, was shot and killed the evening of Wednesday, May 21, 2025, in the 3800 block of Great Basin Lane in south Fort Worth. Police were called about 8 p.m. and found him inside an apartment; he died of multiple gunshot wounds. Detectives say the confrontation began outside the complex and was tied to gambling. After the gunfire, Taylor ran into an apartment while the shooter fled on foot.

Investigators later identified and arrested an 18-year-old, Lamonte Roussell, on June 24; he was booked on a capital murder charge. An arrest affidavit described a dice game in a breezeway and alleged the gun had been held to the back of Taylor’s head before the shooting. Community postings and incident logs recorded Taylor among Fort Worth’s 2025 gun homicide victims as the case moved from an unsolved shooting to an arrest.

If anyone witnessed the shooting, the dice game beforehand, or saw someone fleeing the scene that night, please share what was seen.