On July 9, 2023, 28-year-old DeQuincton Te'Quan Taylor was shot and killed during a private party at an event center near SW 45th Avenue and Georgia Street in Amarillo, Texas. The gathering, held to celebrate his fiancée’s birthday, turned violent when a fight broke out and gunfire struck seven people. Taylor and 32-year-old Semagea Deveon Smith died; five others were injured and expected to recover.

The Amarillo Police Department opened an investigation. On July 15, 2023, 26-year-old Jose Luis Arevalo Flores III was arrested and charged with two counts of murder and four counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon; he was booked into the Randall County Detention Center with bond set at $1 million. In March 2024, Flores posted the $1 million bond and was released; his attorney said Flores had been shot in the back and argued he was a victim and misidentified. Legal proceedings and the investigation were ongoing.

Taylor, known as Dee, was a father of four who had recently obtained his Commercial Driver’s License and was remembered by family and friends as humble and outgoing. Does anyone who attended the event or knew Dee have information that could help clarify what happened that night?