A person was shot and killed Tuesday evening in an alley behind a home in the 900 block of Middle Cove Drive in Plano, and as of Wednesday morning, investigators had not announced any arrests or released information about a possible suspect. The victim's identity was still being withheld while police worked to notify next of kin.
Plano police officers and Plano Fire-Rescue personnel were dispatched to a reported shooting around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday, according to NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. When responders arrived, they found a person with a gunshot wound in an alley behind a home, and police said the victim was pronounced dead at the scene.
As FOX 4 News reported, the victim's identity is being withheld until the next of kin is notified, according to CBS News Texas. The Plano Police Department's Crimes Against Persons Unit is investigating the case, FOX 4 reported.
Scene Cleared Overnight as Investigation Continues
Officers and detectives spent hours processing the area, and road closures near Branch Hollow and Middle Cove Drive were not lifted until just after midnight Wednesday, per the same account. The investigation remains ongoing, CBS News Texas reported. NBC 5 reported no arrests and no suspect information as of Wednesday morning, while FOX 4 reported that police had released no suspect or motive details.
Plano police are asking anyone with information about the incident to contact the Plano Police Department at 972-424-5678. Anonymous tipsters can also text PlanoPD to 847411.
Not the First Alley Death in Plano
This is not the first time a body has turned up in a Plano alley. Back in January 2022, according to FOX 4 News Dallas-Fort Worth, police investigated the death of a man found in an alley in a Plano neighborhood. More recently, in May 2025, FOX 4 reported that police arrested Carlos Arthur Schurman Mendes, a 44-year-old Dallas man, in connection with a separate fatal shooting in Plano — a separate case from the 2022 alley death.
