On March 16, 2024, at about 12:45 a.m., Dallas police responded to a welfare check in the 1700 block of Mentor Avenue and found 31-year-old Christopher Hawkins unresponsive outside a residence with a gunshot wound. Dallas Fire-Rescue rendered aid, but Hawkins was pronounced dead at the scene. A search warrant was later executed at the home tied to the incident; no one was located inside.

On March 28, 2024, Dallas police arrested 31-year-old Kenneth Horton and charged him with murder in connection with Hawkins’ death. Authorities have not released information about any relationship between Hawkins and Horton or a motive for the shooting. The investigation is ongoing and detectives are seeking additional information.

Did anyone in the area see or hear anything around Mentor Avenue on the night of March 15–16 that could help investigators?