Destinee Police, 26, a Dallas mother, was shot and killed on September 23, 2025, in the 2600 block of Wilhurt Avenue in Oak Cliff. Dallas Fire-Rescue pronounced Destinee Police, 26, dead at the scene shortly after officers responded to a 5:40 p.m. shooting call. Family and funeral notices remembered Destinee Police, 26, as a devoted daughter and mother rooted in her Dallas community.
Investigators identified the suspected shooter as 23-year-old Jalance Lane, described by relatives as her ex-boyfriend. According to her family, the confrontation unfolded on the front porch of the home and followed mounting pressure related to removing Lane's name from the birth certificate of Destinee Police's four-year-old son. Surveillance video provided to detectives, relatives said, showed Lane at the door moments before shots were fired; the shooter and a woman who was present fled in separate cars, leaving Destinee Police, 26, mortally wounded.
Dallas police initially obtained an arrest warrant for murder for Jalance Lane as the case moved forward. Within days, authorities confirmed that Jalance Lane had been arrested and charged with the killing of Destinee Police, 26, as the investigation continued under case number 137422-2025.
In the days that followed, the loss of Destinee Police, 26, resonated across Dallas. An obituary and memorial postings marked her passing, and an online fundraiser organized by her mother described a young life “full of life, laughter, and love,” cut short in a place that should have been safe—home. Community tributes further recorded the date and place of her death as part of a broader tally of lives lost to gun violence.
