Anthony Deon Lockett, 39, a Black man, was found shot late on a quiet Sunday morning in Dallas' Cedar Crest area, where the 1300 block of Morrell Avenue slopes past small homes and storefronts. Officers were dispatched just after 10:20 a.m. on August 31, 2025; when they arrived, they discovered a man suffering from a gunshot wound. He died at the scene, and the Dallas County Medical Examiner later identified him as Lockett.
The case was logged by Dallas police under case number 125459-2025, marking the end of August with a sudden and public loss.
By the following days, officials had not described what sparked the violence or who pulled the trigger. Police said the investigation remained open, and no suspect information had been released. Detectives asked anyone with knowledge of the shooting to come forward, leaving the circumstances surrounding Lockett's final moments unresolved.
News of his death moved quickly through local outlets and memorial pages, which repeated the same spare facts: a late-morning call, a man down on Morrell Avenue, the medical examiner confirming his name and age. Beyond those details, authorities kept a tight hold on the case file as summer turned to September, and the search for answers—and for a suspect—continued.
