Byron Blackwell, 52, was shot and killed inside a Fort Worth home on the evening of Saturday, April 20, 2024. He lived at a residence on Northfork Road with his girlfriend. Her 31-year-old son, Trace Hemphill, had been told to leave the home weeks earlier but returned that night to do laundry.

According to an arrest affidavit and family accounts, the night began calmly; Hemphill and Blackwell appeared to be getting along while a grandmother who lived there went to bed. Sometime later, the affidavit says Blackwell was standing near a bedroom doorway when Hemphill shot him in the head. Hemphill reportedly fled on foot after the shooting and was located and arrested the next day.

Trace Hemphill was booked into the Tarrant County Jail and charged with murder; bond was set at $200,000 as of April 2024. Does anyone have information about the residence on Northfork Road or the people involved that could help clarify what happened that night?