Connie Patrick, 72, was killed in the early hours of October 17, 2025, during a mass shooting inside a home on Taos Drive in the Cedar Creek Cove subdivision of Mabank, Texas. Deputies with the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office were dispatched about 2:30 a.m. and found multiple victims. Patrick and 51-year-old Kimberly Simpson were later pronounced dead at or after the scene; both died of multiple gunshot wounds. A third person, 57-year-old Ronny Hammonds, was also pronounced dead after suffering a gunshot wound, blunt force trauma, and multiple stab wounds.

Two other victims were hospitalized, identified as Henry Hopgood, 70, in critical condition, and Colton Reid, 24, in stable condition. Authorities identified 29-year-old Christopher Kyle Reid Jr. of Hubbard as a suspect. Investigators say he fled the Mabank scene, then drove a minivan into the entrance of a Buc-ee’s in Ennis, where he shot himself and was hospitalized in critical condition. The sheriff’s office described the incident as an ongoing triple-homicide investigation; no other arrests were announced.

If anyone knew Connie Patrick or has information about the events that night, please come forward.