Layla Williamson, 19, was fatally shot outside Bare Cabaret in northeastern Travis County during the early morning hours of July 5, 2026. The shooting happened in the nightclub’s crowded parking lot in the 9700 block of Reservoir Court near U.S. Highway 290 as hundreds of people were gathered for Fourth of July weekend festivities. Deputies began getting 911 calls about gunfire at about 3:54 a.m.; Williamson was found with gunshot wounds, given emergency aid, and pronounced dead shortly after 5 a.m.

A second person, VT Wood-Davion Olden Hornsby, was also killed at the scene. Investigators say an altercation in the parking lot escalated and multiple shots were fired; authorities have said the people involved were believed to have known one another but have not publicly explained the relationships or what sparked the dispute. A person of interest detained early in the probe was later released without charge.

Days after the shooting, investigators named James Mackeise Shearrion and Kevin Curtis Parrish as suspects and obtained murder warrants charging both with capital murder of multiple persons. Parrish was booked into the Travis County Jail on July 11; Shearrion remained wanted in the most recent reports. Detectives were collecting surveillance video, cellphone footage and witness statements and said the investigation was ongoing. If anyone has information about Layla, the confrontation that night, or the whereabouts of Shearrion, contact law enforcement.