{"id":234382,"date":"2026-04-04T02:18:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-04T02:18:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/234382\/"},"modified":"2026-04-04T02:18:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-04T02:18:09","slug":"texas-dps-seeks-tips-after-driver-hits-and-kills-man-walking-home-nbc-5-dallas-fort-worth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/234382\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas DPS seeks tips after driver hits and kills man walking home \u2013 NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Along County Road 920 in Johnson County, crime scene markings tell only part of the story. Authorities say they still don\u2019t know who hit and killed Frank Bravo near his home Tuesday night.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was inhumane because my father was left to die, and that is not OK. We have to live with that every single day, and we&#8217;re having to replay that in our minds,\u201d said Crystal Bravo.<\/p>\n<p>Bravo and her sister, Mary Campos, are now left to plan their father\u2019s funeral while reflecting back on simple moments.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/frank-bravo-daughters-02.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\"   alt=\"Frank Bravo, center, with his daughters.\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\tBravo familyBravo family<\/p>\n<p>Frank Bravo, center, with his daughters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll weekend long, we would camp, we would fish, we would just be outside looking at the stars,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n<p>It was time spent with a man who they said was known for helping others and for being authentic.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat&#8217;s the one thing I know, that me and my sister never doubted about my dad, is that he loved us,\u201d said Mary Campos.<\/p>\n<p>Family said Tuesday, Bravo was on his way home from a Texaco station he visited every day along Crowley Clover Road. Employees said he\u2019d often jump in to help around the store.<\/p>\n<p>The walk home was routine. Bravo was just a block away when Texas DPS said at about 8:15 p.m., he was hit by an SUV or pickup. <\/p>\n<p>They haven\u2019t released any other information that could identify the driver.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSomebody had to be speeding through here,\u201d said Billy Barnett.<\/p>\n<p>Barnett often saw Bravo and offered him rides. He regrets not getting the chance on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s just sad that this happened. Somebody knows what happened around here,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0\u201cWe all make mistakes. We just want closure. And responsibility, too,\u201d said Campos.<\/p>\n<p>Anyone with information about the collision that killed Bravo can submit tips anonymously through <a href=\"https:\/\/report.iwatchtx.org\/iwatchtexas\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">iWatchTexas<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Along County Road 920 in Johnson County, crime scene markings tell only part of the story. Authorities say&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":234383,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[438,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-234382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-johnson-county","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=234382"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/234382\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/234383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=234382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=234382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=234382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}