On the morning of January 25, 2023, officers in Temple, Texas, responded to a reported shooting in the 3800 block of South 31st Street. At about 10:15 a.m. they found Michael Powell, a 27-year-old White man, with life-threatening gunshot wounds. He was taken to Baylor Scott & White Medical Center–Temple in critical condition and died of his injuries the following day, January 26.

Police identified a suspect quickly and, on the day of the shooting before Powell’s death, arrested 30-year-old Donovan Alsum of Killeen at his home without incident. After Powell’s death the case was classified as a homicide and Alsum was charged with murder; he was booked into the Bell County Jail on a $1 million bond. The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information about the shooting is asked to contact the Temple Police Department at 254-298-5500 or Bell County Crime Stoppers at 254-526-8477. Do readers in the area have any observations from that morning that could help investigators?