On the evening of December 13, 2025, Romeo English, 24, was shot multiple times at close range at a residence in the 700 block of Wellington Drive in Lavon, Texas, after a verbal altercation with a juvenile at a small pop-up gathering. Residents initially broke up a physical fight, but as English was leaving he was reportedly shot by a suspect who then fled on foot. English was taken to a local hospital and died of his injuries.

Authorities identified the suspect as a 14-year-old male student from Community Trails Middle School, who had been absent from classes since mid-November. The teenager evaded capture for two days before being taken into custody in Dallas on the evening of December 15, 2025; he has been charged with murder and remains in the juvenile justice system. Officials describe the shooting as targeted and isolated and are investigating whether anyone assisted the suspect while he was on the run. The victim’s girlfriend said the couple was expecting a son.

Did anyone at the gathering or in the neighborhood see what happened as English was leaving?