On June 11, 2023, in Hallsville, Texas, 49-year-old Duane Demond Jernigan and his 29-year-old son, Keyan Jernigan, were found fatally shot outside a residence on Roberson Road. Deputies arrived after reports of gunfire around 7:36 p.m. and discovered both men unresponsive with apparent gunshot wounds.

Witnesses described a suspect vehicle as a black Chevrolet Tahoe. Hallsville Police located that vehicle and pursued it when the driver, identified as 26-year-old Darius Celedra Gates Jr., attempted to flee. The pursuit ended on Fredonia Street off Highway 80 in Longview, where Gates was taken into custody. He was charged with capital murder of multiple persons, evading arrest with a vehicle, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon, and possession and delivery of marijuana, and was booked into the Harrison County Jail without bond.

Duane Jernigan was remembered at a celebration of life on June 17, 2023, at Cumberland Presbyterian Church in Marshall and was interred at Rosehill Gardens Cemetery. Does anyone have information about the events on Roberson Road that night or about the victims’ movements earlier that evening?