On the evening of September 15, 2023, at about 9:00 p.m., Dallas police found 20-year-old WaTerrion Javon-Turcel Evans seated in the driver’s seat of a vehicle in the 8400 block of Old Hickory Trail near Rosy’s Food Mart in Southwest Dallas. Evans, known to friends and family as Jordan or Nine, had sustained a fatal gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Surveillance footage shows Evans arrived with a front-seat passenger who, after parking, shot him while he remained in the driver’s seat. The shooter then exited the vehicle, tried unsuccessfully to pull Evans from the car — reportedly hindered by Evans’ approximately 6 feet 6 inches stature — searched the vehicle and fled on foot toward a nearby apartment complex. The Dallas Police Department describes the shooter as a Black male in dark clothing with a distinctive white stripe on his pants; a second person is believed to have accompanied the shooter during the escape. No arrests have been announced.

Evans was born November 8, 2002, in Dallas and graduated from Winfree Academy in 2021. He was active in church youth activities and enjoyed video games, drawing, pets and spending time with family and friends. Anyone with information is asked to contact Detective Chris Walton at 214-671-3632 or [email protected].