Lisa Speer Craig, a 46-year-old white woman, became one of two victims in a late-night shooting that unfolded just after midnight on April 14, 2026, in Benbrook, Texas, near Fort Worth. Police and EMS were called to a home in the 4200 block of Plantation Drive after reports of gunfire. When officers arrived, they found Lisa and 39-year-old Cliffton Wayne Jones suffering from apparent gunshot wounds.
Both were rushed to Harris Methodist Hospital in Fort Worth as emergency crews tried to save them.
Cliffton Wayne Jones died shortly after arriving at the hospital, with the Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office recording his time of death at 12:47 a.m. on April 14. Lisa was taken to the hospital in serious condition and survived for several days after the shooting. The medical examiner later listed her date of death as April 17, 2026, and ruled her death a homicide caused by a gunshot wound to the neck. Although some memorial listings place the loss on April 14, the medical examiner information reported by news sources indicates that April 14 was the date of the shooting and April 17 was the date Lisa died from her injuries.
The shooting left investigators with more questions than answers. Police did not publicly release what led up to the gunfire, whether Lisa and Cliffton knew each other beyond being found wounded at the same scene, or whether either victim was specifically targeted. The home on Plantation Drive became the center of an active investigation, but officials released only limited details in the immediate aftermath.
As of the available reporting, no arrest has been announced in connection with Lisa Speer Craig’s death. Benbrook police had not publicly named a suspect, identified a motive, or described the person believed to have fired the shots. Authorities also had not released information about any charges, court proceedings, trial, plea, or conviction tied to the case. Investigators were still asking anyone with information about the Plantation Drive shooting to contact Benbrook police.
Lisa’s death was remembered publicly through gun violence memorial listings, which also identified Cliffton Wayne Jones as the other person killed in the same incident. Comments left in her memory described her as someone who would help people who needed it and as a person who touched many lives. What began as a midnight call about gunfire became a double-fatal shooting investigation, with Lisa’s family and community left without a public explanation for who was responsible or why the violence happened.
