AMARILLO, Texas (KVII) — Amarillo police are investigating the first homicide of 2026.
Around 1:10 am, police responded to a shooting in the 6000 block of Westwind Ave.
When officers arrived, they learned the victim, a 15-year-old girl, had been shot in a vehicle and was taken to an area hospital.
She later died at the hospital from her injuries.
The APD Homicide Unit was called to the scene and is currently investigating.
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Among the evidence collected was an unspent round ABC 7 News found at the scene. CSI techs came out and collected the bullet.
Amarillo Police Department crime scene techs collect unspent round ABC 7 News found at scene of New Year’s Day homicide (Steve Douglass/KVII)
