1 dead in shooting at apartment near University of North Texas campus, police say
.jpg "Denton police are investigating after a man was shot and killed at an apartment on Tuesday morning, April 29.")
A 41-year-old man was shot and killed after a fight at an apartment near the University of North Texas on Tuesday morning, April 29, Denton police said.
Officers responded about 6 a.m. to the shooting at an apartment building in the 900 block of Avenue A, about half a mile from the UNT campus.
One of the 911 callers reported that a gun had been fired in an apartment unit following a disturbance between two men who knew each other, Denton police said in a news release.
The responding officers found an unconscious man with an apparent gunshot wound outside the apartment, police said.
Police said officers and medics attempted life-saving measures, but the man later died at a hospital.
The Tarrant County Medical Examiner’s Office identified him as Rogelio Lazaro and determined his death was a homicide. Lazaro lived at the apartment where he was shot, according to the medical examiner’s records.
Witnesses told police that the shooting occurred after a fight between the victim and shooter, who is cooperating with the ongoing investigation, police said.
No arrests have been made in the case, police said.
This story was originally published April 29, 2025 at 1:55 PM.