Kayren LaQuita Venters was found with a gunshot wound to the head inside a residence on the 2500 block of Red Fern Drive in Harker Heights, Texas, on July 30, 2023, at about 2:51 p.m. Emergency responders airlifted her to Baylor Scott & White Hospital, where she was later pronounced dead. The Harker Heights Police Department opened an investigation and described the incident as isolated, saying there was no immediate threat to the public.

Venters was 33 at the time of her death. She was born March 12, 1989, in Houston to Kevin L. Venters Sr. and Dessie Jackson Venters, the youngest of four children, and attended Fairchild Elementary, Attucks Junior High, and Boys and Girls Preparatory Academy. Family and friends remember her for a vibrant personality; a memorial page has been set up where loved ones have shared memories.

If anyone has information about what happened to Kayren Venters, contact the Harker Heights Police Department.