In the quiet minutes after midnight in Killeen, Texas, two young men lingered outside a business on the 700 block of West Hallmark Avenue when an armed figure stepped into the parking lot and opened fire. The victim, D’Angelo Marquis Ramos, 18, male, Hispanic / Latino, was struck as the shooter—described as a Black male wearing a mask and dark clothing—fired multiple rounds before climbing into a dark-colored sedan and fleeing into the night.
Detectives later asked businesses and neighbors to comb their surveillance systems for any trace of the gunman’s path, a digital breadcrumb that might turn chaos into a lead.
First responders rushed D’Angelo Marquis Ramos, 18, male, to Carl R. Darnall Army Medical Center and then to Baylor Scott & White as his condition worsened. By early afternoon on June 21, 2025, Justice of the Peace Larry Wilkey pronounced him deceased at 12:39 p.m., and an autopsy was ordered at the Southwest Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas—formal steps in a case that had already shattered a family and a street corner.
The second victim, a 21-year-old man, survived his wounds and was reported in good condition, while the Robbery–Homicide Unit took over the investigation. Police emphasized that the victims had been standing and talking outside when the assailant approached on foot, fired, and escaped in the waiting sedan. As of the latest public updates, investigators had not announced an arrest, named a suspect, or disclosed a motive, keeping the focus on canvassing for video and tips that might clarify the gunman’s route and identity.
Beyond the official releases, memorial records have since marked the loss of D’Angelo Marquis Ramos, 18, male, fixing his name to the date and city where gunfire cut a life short and left a hole in the summer of 2025 that has yet to be filled by answers.
