Emethius Chiron Hardeman, 29, was shot and killed in Dallas on November 2, 2024. Officers responded about 12:20 a.m. to a shooting in the 9200 block of Skillman Street and learned Hardeman had been taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound; he later died of his injuries.

In the days after the shooting, Dallas police, working with the U.S. Marshals’ North Texas Fugitive Task Force, arrested 26-year-old Darrion Berry-Scott; he has been charged with murder. No motive has been released and the investigation is ongoing. Hardeman was remembered by family and friends as outgoing and caring, a dedicated athlete who competed in wrestling, mixed martial arts, and football and was a state champion wrestler.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Kenneth Castoral at 214-671-3666 or [email protected]; the case number is 166047-2024. Did anyone in the Dallas area know Emethius or see anything that night?