On April 13, 2024, at about 12:30 a.m., 30-year-old Shaketta Rachell Johnson was found inside her vehicle in a strip mall parking lot in the 4400 block of South Marsalis Avenue in East Oak Cliff, having sustained multiple gunshot wounds. Despite medical attention, she died at the scene. Witnesses and surveillance describe two suspects approaching her car and firing multiple rounds before fleeing southbound in a blue Mazda sedan and a black Mercedes.

Arrest warrants were issued for two men identified as 24-year-old Denute Bell and 18-year-old Keylan Bowens. An arrest affidavit states that Bell initially aimed a rifle from the Mazda, exited the vehicle and fired, and that Bowens then took the rifle, pursued Johnson on foot and fired into her car after it crashed. The affidavit also notes Bowens had been shot in the neck at the same location on April 8 and allegedly said he intended to get even for being shot.

Johnson was born March 2, 1994, in Waxahachie, Texas. She is survived by her daughter, Paris Johnson, and her parents, James Johnson and Robin Hardin Strange. Visitation and wake were held April 26, 2024, with a Celebration of Life on April 27, 2024. If anyone has information about the shooting or knew Shaketta, please share what might help the investigation.