On June 4, 2023, 27-year-old Tyesha Merritt of Mesquite, Texas, was fatally shot in the parking lot of the Riverstone Townhome Apartments in Sunnyvale around 6 p.m. Merritt was with her brother and his three children, aged 8 to 10, when a masked gunman exited a late-model black sedan, approached their vehicle and opened fire. Merritt was pronounced dead at the scene; her brother and the three children were injured and expected to recover.

Witnesses and surveillance described the suspect vehicle as a late-model black sedan, possibly a Toyota Camry, with custom wheels and dark windows. The shooter was described as a Black male over six feet tall and about 230 pounds; footage reportedly shows the passenger-side occupant firing nine shots into the victims’ vehicle before fleeing. After a year-long investigation, authorities arrested 27-year-old Quantavius Gomillia in Mississippi in late June 2024 and charged him with Merritt’s murder; additional charges tied to the other victims’ injuries were reported as pending. The motive has not been disclosed and police have not released details about what evidence led to the arrest or whether there were accomplices.

Did anyone in the Sunnyvale or Mesquite area see the black sedan or remember anything unusual in that complex that evening?