On April 7, 2023, in Hallsville, Texas, 56-year-old Ricky Ellis was shot and killed at a residence on Saddle Brook Circle. Officers arrived just after midnight and found Ellis unresponsive in the master bedroom with apparent gunshot wounds; he was pronounced dead at the scene by Precinct 3 Justice of the Peace Greg Greer.

Police encountered 54-year-old Cassandra Harris at the scene, and she told them she had shot Ellis, her common-law husband, during a domestic dispute. Harris was detained, questioned at the Hallsville Police Department, charged with murder, and booked into the Harrison County Jail with bond set at $100,000. A Harrison County grand jury returned an indictment in October 2023.

The local district attorney’s office was later disqualified from prosecuting the case and a special prosecutor was appointed, and as of December 2024 pretrial motions and hearings were still pending. Does anyone in the Hallsville area have information about the events that led to that night on Saddle Brook Circle?