On June 5, 2023, at about 12:20 a.m., Dallas police found a vehicle that had crashed near the westbound lanes of the 6000 block of C.F. Hawn Freeway, close to the Trinity River Audubon Center and Crawford Memorial Park. Inside the driver’s seat was 49-year-old Clifton Morris, who had sustained a fatal gunshot wound and was pronounced dead at the scene. Investigators say Morris had been shot before his vehicle left the freeway; the circumstances leading up to the shooting remain unclear.

No suspects or motives have been publicly identified and no arrests have been announced. The Dallas Police Department is asking anyone with information to contact Detective Patty Belew at 214-671-3603 or [email protected]. Crime Stoppers is offering up to a $5,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest and indictment.

If anyone saw activity on C.F. Hawn Freeway near the Trinity River area around midnight on June 5, 2023, or has information relevant to Clifton Morris’s death, please contact the detective or Crime Stoppers.