On June 21, 2024, at about 3:50 p.m., Waco police responded to a shooting in the 2500 block of Summer Avenue and found 46-year-old Tony Alexander with a gunshot wound. Officers rendered first aid and he was taken to a local hospital in critical condition. He died of his injuries on June 23, 2024.

During the initial investigation, 31-year-old Nathan Smith was identified as a suspect, arrested on June 21 and charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. After Alexander’s death, the Waco Police Department said more charges were expected as the case became a homicide investigation. Smith was being held in the McLennan County Jail on a $350,000 bond.

The shooting was Waco’s ninth homicide investigation of 2024. Family and friends shared condolences and memories on memorial pages, and a celebration of life was held for Alexander on July 7, 2024, at Reflections by Serenity in Waco. Did anyone in the Waco area see or hear anything in that neighborhood on the afternoon of June 21?