Myers Anthony Jr., a 16-year-old male Lancaster High School sophomore, died after an early-morning shooting on Sunday, April 12, 2026, in Lancaster, Texas. Police were called just after 1 a.m. to the 600 block of Hilton Drive, where officers found him suffering from life-threatening gunshot wounds at a residence. He was taken to a hospital, where he later died.
The violence unfolded in a quiet neighborhood near Meadowcreek Park, startling residents who described hearing gunfire and then seeing police and emergency vehicles flood the area. One nearby homeowner said he first thought the sounds might have been fireworks, until the police response made clear something far more serious had happened. CBS Texas reported that paramedics found Myers with multiple gunshot wounds and that he died at Methodist Central Hospital.
Myers was a 10th-grade student and junior varsity football player at Lancaster High School. By Monday morning, students were told about his death, and the school community was left trying to absorb the loss of a classmate whose life ended away from campus but close enough to shake the entire student body. Lancaster ISD said it was in contact with his family and made counseling and support services available for students and staff affected by the killing.
Lancaster police said the shooting is being investigated as a homicide. Investigators described the incident as isolated and said there was no ongoing threat to the public, but they had not released what led up to the shooting. As of the available reports, police had not announced any arrest, had not publicly named a suspect, and had not said whether a suspect had been identified.
In the days after Myers Anthony Jr.’s death, neighbors and students were still asking who killed him and why. The public details remained limited: a late-night call, gunfire in a residential block, a teenager found critically wounded, and a grieving school community left without answers while detectives continued working the case.
