{"id":369596,"date":"2026-07-11T16:22:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-11T16:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/369596\/"},"modified":"2026-07-11T16:22:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-11T16:22:09","slug":"wfaa-confirms-76m-expected-for-family-of-man-killed-in-dallas-concert-shooting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/369596\/","title":{"rendered":"WFAA confirms $76M expected for family of man killed in Dallas concert shooting"},"content":{"rendered":"

A lawsuit claims event organizers misled attendees about safety measures at the 2022 trail ride and concert where 26-year-old Kealon Gilmore was shot and killed.<\/p>\n

DALLAS \u2014 The family of a man killed in the 2022 mass shooting at a trail ride and concert in southern Dallas is now expected to be awarded more than $76 million, according to a judge and family attorneys who confirmed the verdict with WFAA.<\/p>\n

The family of 26-year-old Kealon Dejuane Gilmore<\/a> had joined a civil lawsuit alleging organizers, promoters and performers failed to provide promised safety measures.<\/p>\n


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“Attorneys Daryl K. Washington and Greg Marks believe this verdict will send a message to those who are planning events and thinking about not adequately protecting the individuals to earn additional profits,” the family’s lawyers said in a Friday statement to WFAA.<\/p>\n

According to an amended petition filed in Dallas County District Court<\/a>, the parents of Gilmore, along with his brother and the mother of his minor son, filed the lawsuit seeking damages. The filing names multiple defendants, including alleged event organizer Germaud Lyons, also known as “Bossman Bubba,” rapper John Lotts, known professionally as Big Boogie, several DJs and performers, St. John Missionary Baptist Church, V Live Dallas LLC and Collective Music Group.<\/p>\n

The lawsuit stems from the April 3, 2022, shooting at the Second Annual Epic Easter Bike Out & Field Party, where gunfire erupted shortly after midnight at 5050 Cleveland Road.<\/p>\n

According to a flyer presented in the court document, the event had been advertised as horses and ATVs welcome with free admission for children 10 and younger.<\/p>\n

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Dallas police said 16 people were injured, including three juveniles, one as young as 13, and Gilmore was killed after being shot in the head near the stage<\/a>. Investigators said about 2,000 people attended the unpermitted event, which police said lacked both required city permits and an emergency plan.<\/p>\n

Police later arrested Astonial Calhoun, 25, and Devojiea Givens, 26, charging both with felony deadly conduct<\/a>. Investigators said the two men opened fire into the crowd after a fight broke out.<\/p>\n

Then-Dallas Police Chief Eddie Garcia said that six off-duty Dallas police officers and a sergeant had been working security at the event but left about an hour before the shooting. Garcia said the off-duty jobs should never have been approved because the event lacked proper city permits<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In the lawsuit, Gilmore’s family alleges organizers advertised the event as a safe, family-friendly gathering, promoting features including security, metal detectors, controlled entry and exit points and an Easter egg hunt for children. The court document says those promises were never fulfilled.<\/p>\n

Big Boogie had been scheduled to headline the concert. Witnesses told WFAA in 2022 that the crowd was restless because the rapper didn’t show up, and people were angry. The shooting happened before Big Boogie arrived at the venue.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Gilmore attended the event with his brother, Kendell Gilmore, and the lawsuit claims Kealon Gilmore died in his brother’s arms after he was shot and that the chaotic conditions made it difficult for emergency responders to reach victims quickly.<\/p>\n

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“Lives were changed forever. Sadly, Keaton Gilmore, who was an employee of the United Postal Service at the time of his death, will not get to see his son grow up. His younger brother, Kendall Gilmore, held Kealon in his arms as Kealon took his last breath,” Attorneys Washington and Marks said in a Friday statement to WFAA.<\/p>\n

The family’s attorneys accuse the defendants of gross negligence, arguing they misrepresented the event’s safety while failing to provide the advertised security measures.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A lawsuit claims event organizers misled attendees about safety measures at the 2022 trail ride and concert where…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":369597,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[102,104,103],"class_list":["post-369596","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-dallas","tag-dallas","tag-dallas-headlines","tag-dallas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369596","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=369596"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/369596\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/369597"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=369596"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=369596"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=369596"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}