On January 3, 2023, at about 6:02 PM Dallas police responded to a reported shooting in the 2600 block of Walnut Hill Lane and found 35-year-old Clayton Hartfield Jr. suffering from gunshot wounds. Despite medical attention, Hartfield died at the scene. Preliminary investigation says Hartfield had been in a physical altercation with 23-year-old Justin Blocker, and the confrontation ended with Blocker fatally shooting Hartfield. Blocker was arrested and charged with murder and was booked into the Dallas County jail on January 4, 2023; at booking no bond was set and no attorney appeared on court records.

Hartfield’s obituary records his birth as July 21, 1987 in Dallas and notes he attended Dallas Can Academy. A memorial page on Gun Memorial remembers his life and family and friends have mourned his death. Anyone with information is asked to contact Homicide Detective Christopher Walton at 214-671-3632 or [email protected].