On the evening of November 13, 2025, the calm of downtown Round Rock, Texas, was shattered outside the TwoRooted Salon on West Main Street, where 26-year-old Taylor Longshaw, a woman from Austin who worked at the salon, was gunned down in front of the business. Officers were called to the scene around 5:30 p.m. after reports of a shooting and found her on the sidewalk outside the salon, suffering from multiple gunshot wounds.
Despite immediate lifesaving efforts at the scene, she was pronounced dead, her final moments unfolding on the street where she had been building her career and daily life.
The violence that claimed Taylor’s life appears to have erupted suddenly in an otherwise busy but familiar part of town. West Main Street, usually a corridor of small businesses and salons preparing clients for evenings out or winding down the day, became a crime scene bordered by flashing lights and yellow tape. Witnesses and nearby workers later described their shock as the reality set in that a woman they had seen at work, styling hair and greeting clients, had been killed just outside her workplace. For hours after the shooting, the salon remained quiet and closed, a stark contrast to its normal flow of conversation, laughter, and appointments.
Investigators quickly identified a suspect: 27-year-old Selena Eubank of Carrollton. Police say Eubank and Taylor knew one another, and preliminary findings led authorities to classify the case as a domestic-violence-related murder-suicide. After the shooting, Eubank fled in a vehicle before officers arrived, prompting an intense search through the surrounding streets. A short time later, officers discovered her near the 500 block of West Liberty Avenue, only a few blocks away, dead from what appeared to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. With the suspected shooter also deceased, there were no arrests to be made, and detectives shifted their focus to reconstructing the events and relationship dynamics that culminated in the deadly encounter, while emphasizing that the investigation remains open.
As the city absorbed the news, a fuller picture of Taylor’s life began to emerge from friends, colleagues, and online tributes. She was not only an employee but, according to some accounts, a co-owner and driving creative force at TwoRooted Salon, known for her talent as a salon professional and for the warmth she brought to clients and coworkers alike. Those who knew her described a woman who had poured herself into her craft and into building a welcoming space in the heart of Round Rock’s downtown. In community posts and remembrance articles, she was remembered as a beloved daughter, friend, and stylist whose presence lit up the salon she helped shape, and whose life was cut short in an instant on the very pavement where she often greeted clients.
In the days following her death, grief radiated beyond Round Rock into the wider Austin and North Texas communities. A balloon release was held in her honor at True Lee Missionary Baptist Church in Dallas, where family, friends, and supporters gathered to mourn and celebrate her life, sending clusters of balloons skyward as a symbolic farewell. Online memorial pages filled with candles, messages of sorrow, and memories from those who had sat in her chair or grown up alongside her. Her name joined the somber rolls of national gun-violence memorials, a reminder that behind each statistic is a person whose absence leaves an irreplaceable gap in families, friendships, and neighborhoods. Even as investigators continue to piece together the full story behind the murder-suicide, the community’s focus has turned to remembering Taylor’s life and grappling with the heartbreak of losing her so suddenly.
