On October 11, 2023, 56-year-old Yolanda Gibbs, a cafeteria worker at David K. Sellars Elementary School in Forest Hill, Texas, was shot in the school’s back parking lot just before 7 a.m. She was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital and pronounced dead. Gibbs had worked about 30 years in the Fort Worth Independent School District and was preparing for her workday when the shooting occurred; investigators say she had been speaking with someone in a vehicle shortly before she was shot.

Authorities identified 58-year-old Anthony Harris as the suspect; he had been in a relationship with Gibbs for about two years and was on parole. Harris was found dead in Fort Worth on October 13, and the Tarrant County Medical Examiner later attributed his death to fentanyl toxicity. The firearm used in the shooting has not been recovered and the investigation remains ongoing. Gibbs’ family, colleagues and students held a vigil to remember her warmth and decades of service to the school community.

If anyone knew Yolanda Gibbs or has information about the shooting or the missing firearm, please share what you know.