Joshua Richard Troutte, 34, was shot and killed in his Dallas home on August 27, 2023, around 1:50 p.m. Officers found him with a gunshot wound in the 4800 block of Ash Lane and he was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say 49-year-old Patricia Conlon, the mother of Troutte’s girlfriend, entered the home armed after the girlfriend had called for help. The girlfriend had been in an ongoing domestic disturbance with Troutte since December 2021 and planned to end the relationship; she alleged Troutte hit her above the eye the day before. Conlon told police she intended to hold Troutte at gunpoint until officers arrived and called 911 before going inside. Conlon later claimed self-defense after an alleged grab and hair pull, but police say physical evidence contradicted her account and she was arrested and charged with murder.

Troutte, born February 26, 1989, in Rowlett, Texas, was a Rowlett High School graduate who attended Texas A&M, was an Eagle Scout and master scuba diver, and worked as a private studio tattooer. He is survived by two daughters, his parents, siblings and grandmother. Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to come forward.