Zachary Kaswayne Hughes Jr., a 24-year-old Black man, was fatally shot in Waco, Texas, on the afternoon of April 3, 2023. Officers responded about 12:53 p.m. to a report of a shooting near Bagby and Richter Avenues and found two people with gunshot wounds. Hughes and an unidentified woman were taken to a hospital; Hughes died of his injuries. Authorities did not release the female victim’s condition. A nearby elementary school was briefly placed on secure status while regular school activities continued.

Police located and arrested 29-year-old Charles Earl Ervin on April 10, 2023; he was charged in connection with the killing. A McLennan County grand jury later indicted Ervin on the murder of Hughes and on two counts of aggravated assault. The Waco Police Department said Hughes’s death was the city’s fourth homicide of 2023 and described recent murders as appearing unrelated and often tied to interpersonal conflicts.

If anyone knew Zachary, his movements that afternoon, or has information about the shooting near Bagby and Richter Avenues, please share what is known.