Triple homicide remains under investigation
Posted/updated on: October 21, 2025 at 3:25 am
HENDERSON COUNTY — Three people have died, and the suspect in the East Texas murders has been hospitalized after shooting himself in the head following a vehicle crash at a Buc-ee’s according to our news partner KETK.
The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office said the homicides occurred at 2:30 a.m. at the Cedar Creek Cove Subdivision in Mabank. Earlier this morning, the sheriff’s office was looking for the suspect, now identified as Christopher Kyle Reid Jr, in connection with the ongoing investigation, who was believed to be driving a 2003 maroon Dodge Caravan or a 2019 grey Subaru. When deputies arrived at the shooting scene on Taos Drive in Creek Cove Subdivision, they found an adult woman and an adult man dead from gunshot wounds. Another woman shot at the scene was transported to a hospital in Gun Barrel City where she died.
The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office identified the three deceased victims as Kimberly Simpson, 51, Connie Patrick, 72, and Ronny Hammonds, 57. The sheriff’s office said that Simpson and Connie were both shot multiple times along with Hammonds who also had injuries from blunt force trauma and multiple stab wounds.
Colton Reid, 24, and Henry Hopgood, 70, were also found with gun shot wounds from the shooting and have been transported to a local hospital to be treated, according to the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office. On Saturday, officials listed that Reid is in stable condition and Hopgood is in critical condition.
The Ennis Police Department said the driver of a 2003 Dodge Caravan drove into the southwest entrance of a local Buc-ees at around 5 a.m. and hit and pinned a pedestrian against a sales display near the main entrance.
Once the vehicle came to a stop, the driver, identified as Reid, shot himself in the head, the police department said. The driver was taken to a hospital and remains in critical condition. The pedestrian, an Oklahoma woman in her 30s, who was passing through Ennis, was taken to a hospital for non-life-threatening injuries.
“We are deeply saddened by this incident and stand with all those involved as our community heals,” the Ennis Police Department said.
The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office, the Texas Rangers and the Henderson County District Attorney’s Office are coordinating together to investigate this case.
