Tonya Medina was 18 when she was shot while in a vehicle in the 3000 block of S. Westmoreland Road in Oak Cliff and was taken to a Dallas hospital on June 3, 2024, at about 4:55 a.m. She died at the hospital despite medical efforts. No suspects or arrests have been announced and the Dallas Police Department lists the investigation as active.

Medina was a young mother of two, Ace and Ava Marie, and is remembered for caring for her younger siblings and for sharing an adventurous, outdoorsy spirit with her children. Her death follows the earlier fatal shooting of her older brother, Joe Medina IV, two years earlier at age 18, deepening the family’s loss. Her funeral was held June 18, 2024, at Singing Hills Funeral Home with burial at Mountain Creek Cemetery in Grand Prairie.

Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Emmanuel Romano at 214-671-4096 or [email protected].