What to KnowFive people were shot overnight in Mabank, in Henderson County. Three of the shooting victims have died, and two are hospitalized in Tyler.The Henderson County Sheriff’s Office said the shooting suspect later crashed into a Buc-ee’s in Ellis County, pinning a pedestrian to a sales display.The pedestrian hit at Buc-ee’s was hospitalized with injuries not considered life threatening.After crashing into the gas station, Ennis Police officials said the shooting suspect shot himself in the head. A motive for the shootings has not been released. It’s unknown if the pedestrian hit at the gas station was known to the shooting suspect.
A man linked to a triple-murder investigation in Henderson County shot himself in the head after crashing into a Buc-ee’s gas station and injuring a pedestrian Friday morning, investigators say.
According to the Henderson County Sheriff’s Office, deputies were searching for 29-year-old Christopher Kyle Reid Jr. overnight in connection with a shooting involving multiple victims in Mabank.
At about 2:30 a.m., deputies arrived at a home off Taos Drive in the Cedar Creek Cove neighborhood and found an adult man and woman deceased and an adult woman injured. The injured woman was hospitalized at UT Health Hospital Gun Barrel City but later died.
Two other men were also found with gunshot wounds and were taken to a hospital in Tyler. Their current conditions are unknown.
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Henderson County Sheriff’s Office crime scene trailer at the scene of a triple-murder on Friday, Oct. 17, 2025.
Investigators have not released the victims’ names or their relationship to Reid. Officials said their names will be released after their families have been notified of their deaths. Investigators have also not shared a motive for the shootings.
While deputies in Henderson County were looking for Reid, who was believed to be driving a 2003 maroon Dodge Caravan or a 2019 Subaru, officials 40 miles away in Ellis County were responding to a crash at Buc-ee’s, where the driver of a maroon 2003 Caravan crashed into the store’s front entrance.
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Officials with the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office said they were called to the crash at about 5 a.m. Deputies arrived and learned a pedestrian, identified as a woman in her 30s from Oklahoma, had been hurt in the crash and was pinned against a sales display near the main entrance.
Ennis Police officials said that after the crash, the driver shot himself in the head.
The woman, whose name has not been released, was hospitalized with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.
The driver, later identified as Reid, was hospitalized in critical condition.
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Christopher Reid, inset.
The Ellis County Sheriff’s Office said they were unable to share any other details about the ongoing investigation into the crash. It’s unclear whether the pedestrian was targeted or if the crash into the gas station was intentional.
“We are grateful to the Ennis Police Officers, Ellis County Sheriff’s Deputies, Department of Public Safety Officers, Ennis Fire Department, Allegiance Emergency Services, and the staff at Buc-ee’s for their quick response to this tragic and shocking event,” the Ellis County Sheriff’s Office said. “We are deeply saddened by this incident and stand with all those involved as our community heals.”
Neighbor says shooting victim pounded on her door asking for help
Sheryl Noble, who lives near the home where the triple murder occurred, said sometime after 2 a.m., a man pounded on her door, asked for help and said his brother had shot him.
“I was scared. Still shaken up,” Noble said. “It’s very unnerving.”
With her blood-stained door behind her, Noble spoke to NBC 5 on her front porch and said she was shaken by the incident that occurred in her neighborhood overnight.
She said she told the unknown man at her door that she didn’t know who he was and that he told her his name was Peanut. She said the man asked if he could come inside.
Instead of opening her door, Noble said she called 911 and dispatchers asked where the man had been shot. She said she told them he said he had been shot in the chest and that an ambulance came and took him to a hospital.
Noble said Peanut didn’t say anything about anyone else being shot.
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A woman says a man knocked on her door, saying he’d been shot by his brother.
Another neighbor, Richard Matthews, told NBC 5 that investigators awoke him and asked if he’d heard any gunshots. He said his home was well-insulated and didn’t hear anything inside.
Matthews told NBC 5 he’d lived in the home for decades and that he’d known his neighbors since they were little. He said the family’s parents, the original owners, had died.
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Richard Matthews
Matthews said his neighbor and his sister were good people who went to church every Sunday. He said he’ll miss them.
The man added that because of ongoing family conflicts at the house, he’d offered to let the man’s sister stay with him.
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