Sue Ann Tarleton, 73, a White female from Dallas, was shot and killed on June 13, 2025. Dallas police were called around mid-morning to the 1800 block of East Shore Circle, where first responders found Tarleton fatally wounded; she died at the scene. An online memorial confirms her identity, age, and date of death, reflecting the shock felt by those who knew her.
Detectives quickly identified a known suspect.
Three days later, police named 74-year-old Owen Floyd Smith—Tarleton’s longtime boyfriend—as the man who called 911 and admitted to shooting her; he was arrested and charged with murder. According to local reporting, the call came on Smith’s 74th birthday, and investigators described the case as a domestic incident. Police recorded the investigation under case number 084106-2025 and noted the victim’s identity after next-of-kin notification.
Public records and obituaries list Tarleton’s full name and Dallas residence, and gun-violence memorial pages mark June 13, 2025, as the date her life was taken. As of the latest reports, Smith remained the sole named suspect in the case, with no additional arrests announced.
