Reginald Austin Jr. was 31 and known to family as Lil Reggie. His relatives described him as sweet, funny and loving; his death left them deeply affected. On the night of October 17, 2023, an argument that began inside a pool hall in an east Fort Worth strip mall in the 6600 block of Brentwood Stair Road spilled into the parking lot near the I-30 and I-820 interchange. Surveillance footage captured Mr.

Austin being punched and then shot in the chest around 11:15 p.m. He was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital and pronounced dead about 40 minutes later. Fort Worth police arrested 21-year-old Joshua Patterson on suspicion of murder, saying Patterson pulled out a handgun during the fight and fired the fatal shots.

Was anyone in the area that night able to see or hear more about how the confrontation started?