Two teenage boys were shot and killed and 10 other people were injured early Saturday morning at an apartment complex in Amarillo, Texas. The Amarillo Police Department responded to South Coulter Street just before 2 a.m. on May 2, 2026, after reports of gunfire at a gathering that investigators say was deliberately targeted. The two suspects who carried out the attack have not been apprehended.
What police say happened before the shooting
The evening began at a separate location, where a party was already underway. At some point during the night, several individuals were asked to leave. Rather than departing the area, those individuals followed the remaining partygoers to the South Coulter Street apartment complex. Once there, they attempted to enter one of the units. When that failed, they opened fire.
Investigators recovered cartridge casings in an alley south of the complex, and the pattern of the evidence suggests more than one weapon was fired. Officers also recovered a Glock 9mm handgun on a landing outside one of the apartment units. Amarillo Police Chief Thomas Hover said at least one of the occupants at the party had a prior acquaintance with the suspects, and that the attack appears to have been directed at that specific location.
The victims and what is known about them
One of the two teenagers killed was identified as Ezekiel Rudy Almazan, 17. The second victim was a 16-year-old boy whose name has not been released publicly. Ten additional people sustained injuries in the shooting, some from gunfire, though police have not released their ages or a detailed account of their conditions.
No motive has been established. The nature of the relationship between the suspects and the victims, beyond the connection Hover described, has not been confirmed. Investigators have not said whether the original dispute that led to the group being removed from the first party location is tied to any prior incident or ongoing conflict between the parties involved.
How Amarillo police are conducting the investigation
The department released security camera footage from the area capturing individuals moving through the property as shots were fired. Investigators are asking residents in the area with doorbell cameras or home security systems covering the time of the shooting to contact the Amarillo Police Department directly. Regional law enforcement partners are assisting with the investigation.
No arrests had been made as of the department’s most recent update. Police said additional details would be released as the investigation develops.
Where this shooting fits in Amarillo’s broader crime picture
Amarillo is a Texas Panhandle city with a population of roughly 200,000 people. The city recorded 16 homicides across all of 2025. The two teenagers killed Saturday morning bring Amarillo’s homicide count for 2026 to 10, with the year not yet five months old.
That number alone tells part of the story. A city that recorded 16 homicides in a full calendar year is now approaching that figure before the summer. The pace reflects a pattern that has surfaced in other cities as well, where disputes that originate in one location follow people to a second site, often a residential one, and produce more severe outcomes precisely because of that shift in setting.
What this looks like for the families and the community
Ezekiel Rudy Almazan was 17 years old. The second victim was 16. Both were at a party on a Friday night, the kind of ordinary social gathering that happens in every city without incident thousands of times a year. The fact that someone chose to follow them there and open fire is the part that stays with the people who live in that neighborhood and knew those teenagers.
The suspects are still out there. The investigation is ongoing. And two families in Amarillo are now navigating something no parent prepares for, while the people who caused it remain unaccounted for.]
