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Young man shot, killed on New Year’s Eve in Denton

A 22-year-old man was shot and killed late on New Year’s Eve in a Denton parking lot.

Police were called to a shooting in the 900 block of Cleveland Street about 11:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to a news release from the Denton Police Department. Officers found a man with an apparent gunshot wound to the chest lying on the ground in the gated parking lot of an apartment complex. He was transported to a local hospital and pronounced dead just after midnight.

He has been identified by the medical examiner’s office as 22-year-old Steven Daniels Jr.

According to the latest information from Denton police, no suspects have been identified and police are investigating the shooting.

Mark Smith
Mark Smith
Mark Smith served as Digital Editor of The Cross Timbers Gazette from 2017 to 2025.

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