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Rodney Gene Bonham, a 21-year-old male from Fort Worth, Texas, tragically lost his life on August 9, 1969, following a senseless act of violence. Bonham, who was of Caucasian ethnicity, was fatally shot in the neck while sitting in a car with his friend Larry Holt outside the Berry Bowl bowling alley in Fort Worth. The incident occurred when Joe Michael Ervin, a 17-year-old high school student, approached Bonham and Holt alongside an unidentified accomplice. Ervin reportedly asked Bonham a quest ...Read More
Victim Details

Rodney Gene Bonham

Male

White / Caucasian

Fort Worth

TX

1969-08-09

21

Rodney

Gene Bonham

11/19/2025