On the evening of May 15, 2025, officers were dispatched around 7:17 p.m. to the 1300 block of East Waco Drive, outside a Church's Chicken in Waco, Texas. They found Jeromy Munoz, age 30, male, fatally wounded and pronounced dead at the scene. A second victim, a 24-year-old man, was also located and transported to a hospital in stable condition as detectives secured the parking lot and began collecting surveillance footage and witness statements.
The next day, police publicly identified the victim as Jeromy Munoz and confirmed they were searching for a suspect tied to the gunfire that shattered the early evening rush near Clifton Street.
Within a week of the shooting, the investigation produced a major break. On May 22, 2025, Waco Police arrested 18-year-old Jarvis Dominique Howard Jr. on a murder charge in connection with the killing of Jeromy Munoz, age 30, male. Authorities stated that Howard was taken into custody and booked into the McLennan County Jail, while the broader homicide investigation continued to unfold around the fast-food restaurant where the shots were fired.
As the case moved forward over the summer, prosecutors presented evidence to a grand jury. On August 14, 2025, a McLennan County Grand Jury indicted Jarvis Dominique Howard on a charge of murder stemming from the May 15 shooting that claimed the life of Jeromy Munoz, age 30, male. Court filings and police summaries reiterated the initial timeline—officers responding just after 7 p.m., one man dead at the scene, and another wounded—and noted that Howard remained in custody following the indictment as the case proceeded through the courts.
Local memorial notices and community tributes fixed the date of death as May 15, 2025, in Waco, underscoring the loss felt by family and friends as the criminal process advanced. The obituary listings and remembrance pages echoed the law-enforcement accounts of the date and place, even as the formal question of motive remained unanswered in public filings.
