On August 18, 2024, at about 1:35 a.m., Dallas police responded to a shooting in the 8300 block of La Prada Drive in Far East Dallas. Officers found 40-year-old Stevie Gray deceased at the scene from fatal gunshot wounds; a second person suffered a graze wound to the hand and was treated for non-life-threatening injuries.
Stevie Gray was born March 24, 1984, in Tyler, Texas, and is survived by his parents, Stevie Seaton and Sharon Gray Seaton, his daughter Carlissa Taylor Gray, and his sister Dinetria Seaton. Funeral services were held August 31, 2024, at Lee Springs Baptist Church in Flint, Texas, with interment at Lee Springs Cemetery. An online memorial has been set up where friends and family have shared memories.
On September 4, 2024, Dallas police arrested 21-year-old Keland Turner and charged him with murder; Turner was booked into the Dallas County Jail with bond set at $250,000. The investigation into the shooting remains ongoing. If anyone has information that could help the investigation, please contact the authorities.