On the evening of June 2, 2024, at about 9:35 p.m., Dallas police responded to a shooting in the 10300 block of Gardner Road near Northwest Highway and Walton Walker Road. Officers found 44-year-old Byron Thompkins with gunshot wounds; he was taken to a local hospital and later pronounced dead.

Police say an argument in a motel parking lot on Gardner Road between Thompkins and 63-year-old Don Solomon escalated into gunfire. Solomon was arrested at the scene and charged with murder; an arrest warrant affidavit ties the dispute to allegations of sexual harassment involving a 17-year-old. The Dallas Police Department is continuing its investigation into the circumstances of the shooting.

If anyone witnessed the incident in the motel parking lot or has information about the argument, please share what is known.