Brandon Richards, 22, was shot on the front porch of an apartment in the 2700 block of Cunningham Road in Killeen, Texas, on Monday evening, February 9, 2026. Police were called about 7:42 p.m.; he was taken to Carl R. Darnall Medical Center in critical condition and pronounced dead at 8:26 p.m. by Justice of the Peace Gregory Johnson.

Killeen Police Department’s Robbery-Homicide Unit said the shooter fled the scene. Detectives arrested 22-year-old Natalia Lamontiara Trader on February 11, 2026. The Bell County District Attorney’s Office filed complaints charging Trader with murder and tampering with or fabricating physical evidence; she also faces a third-degree felony charge of cruelty to a non-livestock animal. At arraignment, a $1 million bond was set for the murder charge and $50,000 for the tampering count; Trader was booked into Bell County Jail.

What information do readers have about Brandon’s movements that evening or witnesses who were near the Cunningham Road apartments?