Kevin Hernandez, 36, a male from Fort Worth, was shot to death on the night of August 7, 2025, while sitting in the driver’s seat of a pickup truck outside the Louisiana Famous Chicken and Seafood on Ramey Avenue. Officers were dispatched just before 10 p.m. and found Kevin Hernandez with multiple gunshot wounds; his truck had rolled forward and bumped the restaurant after the burst of gunfire, leaving minor damage before coming to rest. He died at the scene.
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner later identified him as Kevin Hernandez, 36, and listed the cause of death as multiple gunshot wounds.
Moments before the impact, a red SUV had pulled into the lot and stopped near the pickup. Two people jumped out with guns and sprinted toward the truck, firing more than a dozen rounds before fleeing. The attack was captured on surveillance video that investigators reviewed soon after the shooting. The restaurant’s neon glow and the late hour cast the scene in stark relief as police worked to cordon off the lot and collect shell casings scattered where the gunmen had paused to shoot.
Within hours, tactical officers moved on a nearby location. Police announced that a 17-year-old, Giovany Hernandez-Tafoya, had been taken into custody and booked into jail on a murder charge; records indicated he was being charged as an adult. Detectives also detained a juvenile in connection with the ambush, and investigators continued to piece together who planned the drive-up attack and why. Early reporting noted that the victim and one suspect, Giovany Hernandez-Tafoya, are half-brothers, though authorities have not publicly confirmed a motive.
As the case moved from a chaotic parking lot to court filings and jail logs, the picture remained grim and unresolved. The formal identification of Kevin Hernandez, 36, underscored the human toll as family members and friends turned to memorial pages and obituaries to mark his death on August 7, 2025, in Fort Worth. Meanwhile, the homicide unit pressed on, with the arrest of Giovany Hernandez-Tafoya and the detention of a juvenile offering the first concrete turns in a case that began with a sudden rush of footsteps, the crack of gunfire, and a truck slowly rolling into a building it never meant to touch.
