Eric Wayne Rodgers, 35, was shot and killed on June 15, 2020, in the 400 block of North 7th Street in Copperas Cove. Officers arriving at the scene found Rodgers with two gunshot wounds; he was taken by Copperas Cove EMS to Advent Hospital in Killeen, where he was pronounced deceased. Another man, Darien Selby, sustained a gunshot wound to the abdomen in the same incident.

Rodgers was born May 18, 1985, in Bryan, Texas, and grew up in Fort Worth, Bryan, and Copperas Cove. He worked for Old School Mobile Home Releveling and had 22 years of experience in leveling mobile and pier and beam homes. He is survived by his wife Lisa Marie Lynch; sons Lestat Rodgers and Jimmy Rodgers; daughters Mystre Lynch, Felicity Rodgers, and Arianna Rodgers; parents Robert Jones and Patsy Rogers; and siblings Christopher Lee Jones and Candice Nicole Jones.

The Copperas Cove Police Department opened a homicide investigation and asked the public for information. No arrests or suspects have been publicly identified; Crime Stoppers offered a cash reward for information leading to an arrest and prosecution. Does anyone have information that could help identify the offender or shed light on what happened that night?