On March 5, 2023, 30-year-old Michael C. Bauchum was fatally shot during a domestic dispute at a Waffle House on Estes Parkway in Longview, Texas. Emergency responders found Bauchum critically injured at about 6:30 a.m.; he was taken to a local hospital and later died of his wounds. Video from the restaurant did not support the primary suspect’s claim of self-defense.

The primary suspect, 37-year-old Rashandra Shynel Godfrey of Longview, was arrested at the scene and charged with murder; she was booked into the Gregg County Jail with bonds totaling $52,500 and faced additional charges tied to a prior October 2017 offense. Police said the confrontation began after Bauchum looked through Godfrey’s phone; the two had been in a relationship from September 2022 until about two weeks before the shooting.

Bauchum, known as Mickey, was born April 18, 1991, in Longview and graduated from Longview High School in 2010. He worked for ETR Commercial and Industrial Equipment Supplier, enjoyed playing pool and spending time with his children, and is survived by his wife Destiny, children Elijah and Makayla, step-children A'Niya, Earl, and Adrian, his mother Yolanda, and siblings LaDarian and Ashley.

Did anyone in the Longview area see or hear anything at the Waffle House that morning?