In the pre-dawn hours of Sunday, February 1, 2026, 35-year-old James Marquis Simmons was found in the parking lot of Club Blu Print on East Veterans Memorial Boulevard in Killeen, Texas, suffering from a severe gunshot wound. Officers were dispatched at approximately 3:59 a.m.; emergency personnel arranged an airlift to Carl R. Darnall Medical Center but Simmons died at 5:01 a.m., pronounced by Gregory Johnson.

The Killeen Police Department’s Robbery-Homicide Unit is investigating the case as a murder. No arrests have been made and no suspects have been publicly identified. Investigators say an unknown vehicle was seen leaving the nightclub parking lot around the time of the shooting, and detectives are asking anyone with information to contact Bell County Crime Stoppers.

Does anyone have information about that unknown vehicle or the events outside Club Blu Print that morning?