On January 11, 2023, 43-year-old Cory Johnson was found with multiple gunshot wounds in his apartment on Eagle Drive in Denton, Texas. Officers responding to a 911 call about possible gunfire around 10:30 p.m. discovered his apartment door slightly ajar and heard him calling for help. Johnson was transported to a hospital and pronounced dead later that night.

Johnson worked in dining services at the University of North Texas for two years and was described as a valued member of that community. Witnesses reported seeing a man running through the apartment complex shortly after the shooting. Detectives later identified 31-year-old Darontay Dashield as a person of interest; investigators say Dashield knew Johnson and had previously stayed in his apartment. Dashield was arrested on April 24, 2023, and charged with murder. Johnson’s sister, Pastor Tiphony Barton, renamed her church food bank Cory’s Food Foundation in his honor.

If anyone knew Cory, his routines, or saw activity at the Eagle Drive complex that night, please share information that could help the case.