Jake Wayne Bond, 9, male, White/Caucasian, was found dead on June 15, 2025, at a rural home on County Road 241 west of Snyder in Scurry County, Texas. Deputies responded around 8:30 a.m. to a call reporting three people with gunshot wounds. At the scene, first responders discovered an adult male and two juveniles—one boy and one girl—and confirmed that all three had died at the location. Officials publicly emphasized there was no broader threat to the community as the investigation began.
The two children were identified in memorial records as siblings Braid Marie Bond, 11, and Jake Wayne Bond, 9, each listed as having been “lost to gun violence” in Snyder on June 15, 2025. Their names and ages appear alongside the date and place of death, and the entries cross-reference local reporting about the discovery of three bodies that morning. A community fundraiser created in support of their family further memorialized both children by name.
The adult male who died that morning was identified in an obituary as Jason Wayne Bond of Snyder, with his date of death recorded as June 15, 2025. While investigators had not formally assigned responsibility in initial public statements, reporting the following day noted a disturbing Facebook post attributed to a “Jason Bond” in which he wrote that he had “returned” his two children to the Lord—language that cast immediate suspicion of a murder-suicide within the home. Authorities, however, withheld confirmatory details while the case remained under investigation.
As of those early reports, law enforcement disclosed no arrests and named no surviving suspect. The Sheriff’s Office described the case as ongoing and cautioned that further information would be limited due to the sensitivity of the investigation, while reiterating that there was no continuing danger to the public.
