Just after 7 p.m. on Sunday, August 17, 2025, Justin Garland, 35, was shot during a dispute on High Street in Newcastle, Texas. First responders attempted to transport Justin Garland, 35, to the hospital, but he died of his injuries before arrival. The Texas Department of Public Safety’s Texas Rangers joined Young County authorities at the scene, where investigators said two men who lived at the same address, but in separate residences on the property, had argued before one of them opened
fire. The male victim was identified as Justin Garland, 35, of Graham.
Deputies booked a suspect that night: John Edward Rogers, 70, of Graham. According to local reporting and jail information released the next day, he was arrested on charges of murder and unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon and was being held on a total bond of $1.03 million.
Public incident logs and memorial records tie the fatal shooting to the same date and location in Newcastle, listing Justin Garland, 35, as the decedent and noting the single fatality. Those records place the incident on August 17, 2025, in Newcastle and confirm that one person was killed.
Booking databases reflect that John Edward Rogers, 70, was processed in Young County on August 17, 2025, with an on-view murder charge and an additional count for unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon; the combined bond matched the $1.03 million reported in local news coverage.
As of the immediate aftermath reported on August 18–19, investigators described the shooting as stemming from a dispute between the two men on the same property; Rogers was in custody and the case remained under investigation by the Texas Rangers alongside Young County authorities. No additional suspects were named in the available reports, and no broader threat to the community was indicated in those early updates.
