Carlos Rogue, a 21-year-old Hispanic/Latino man, was just starting a new chapter in his life. He had grown up in north Texas, worked in construction and accounting, and had moved into his own Dallas apartment only a month before his death. His family described him as inseparable from his mother, Vanessa Barrera, who called him her best friend and "my heart, my soul walking outside of my body."
On the afternoon of New Year's Day, January 1, 2024, that new chapter was tragically cut short. Around 3:00 p.m., Dallas police responded to a shooting call at the Macallan on Ross apartment complex in the 3500 block of Ross Avenue. Inside his apartment, officers found Carlos Rogue with a gunshot wound. Dallas Fire-Rescue personnel arrived, but he was pronounced dead at the scene.
Investigators determined that Rogue had been shot to death and that his money and jewelry had been stolen from the apartment. His family, devastated by the loss, gathered for a vigil outside his new home.
"How is he going to branch out from our family, get his own apartment, and then a month later this happens?" his aunt Victoria Barrera said. "We want justice for that. We want to know who it was." The family questioned what led to the shooting and whether surveillance cameras at the complex might have captured the person responsible.
As of January 2024, the investigation into Carlos Rogue's murder is ongoing, and no arrests have been made. Dallas police are asking for the public's help to solve the case. Crime Stoppers has offered a reward of up to $5,000 for information that leads to the arrest and indictment of the person or persons responsible. Anyone with information is urged to contact Detective Rodriguez at 214-605-1557 or [email protected]. Anonymous tips can be submitted to Crime Stoppers at 214-373-TIPS (8477).
