Sholonda Shanice Dixon, a 29-year-old woman from Copperas Cove, Texas, was fatally shot in her home during the early morning hours of July 16, 2026. Police have not publicly identified her race or ethnicity in the sources reviewed. At approximately 12:28 a.m., Copperas Cove police officers were dispatched to the 700 block of Constitution Drive after receiving reports that a man had shot a woman. Officers found Dixon suffering from a gunshot wound and immediately began life-saving measures while waiting for Copperas Cove EMS. Despite those efforts, she died from her injuries. Court records later reported that Dixon had been shot in the head and was found inside her bedroom.
According to the criminal complaint, Dixon’s three daughters, ages 12, 8 and 6, were inside the residence when the shooting occurred. Investigators said the children identified 31-year-old L’Michael Detron Amos of Killeen as the man involved and told police that Amos and Dixon knew each other. Ring doorbell footage cited in the complaint reportedly showed Amos arriving at the residence at about 11:51 p.m. on July 15. He remained outside the front door for roughly 10 minutes before moving toward the rear of the home. The children told investigators that Amos then entered through a window connected to the back porch and went to Dixon’s bedroom.
Once Amos was inside the bedroom, Dixon reportedly directed her 12-year-old and 8-year-old daughters to leave the room, while her 6-year-old remained with her. Investigators said an argument developed between Dixon and Amos and that Amos then shot Dixon with a handgun. One of Dixon’s children was reportedly still in the bedroom when the shooting occurred. The account contained in the court documents formed a central part of the allegations against Amos, while doorbell-camera footage helped corroborate that he had been at the residence shortly before the killing.
After the shooting, witnesses gave investigators Amos’s identity and a description of his vehicle, and that information was quickly distributed to surrounding law-enforcement agencies. Killeen police subsequently located Amos and took him into custody. Court documents reported that after his arrest, Amos acknowledged that he had been at Dixon’s residence when she was shot. He was charged with murder, and authorities also charged him with evading arrest or detention with a vehicle, a third-degree felony connected with his apprehension.
Amos was arraigned on July 17 before Bell County Justice of the Peace Larry Wilkey. His bond on the murder charge was set at $1.25 million, with an additional $30,000 bond associated with the evading-arrest charge, bringing his total bond to $1.28 million. Bell County jail records subsequently listed him in custody on both the first-degree felony murder charge and the third-degree felony evading-arrest charge. Police described the investigation as active and ongoing and said the murder allegation could be enhanced or additional charges could be brought as evidence was reviewed by the Coryell County District Attorney’s Office. As of the most recent online information located, no trial, conviction or final disposition in the murder case had been reported.
Beyond the criminal investigation, Dixon’s death left three young daughters without their mother and deeply affected people who knew her through local youth athletics. Dixon had served as head administrator for the God Speed Track Club, where colleagues remembered her as someone who regularly helped families, provided rides, organized events and made herself available to parents who needed assistance. Members of the Copperas Cove community began raising money to help support her daughters after the killing, while Dixon’s mother reportedly stepped in to help care for the children.
