KPD Investigates Shooting at Long Branch Park

Killeen Police are investigating a late night shooting incident.

Officers responded to Metroplex Hospital at about 10:30pm, Wednesday, July 8, 2015, to a report of a gunshot victim(s).  Upon the officers’ arrival they made contact with two victims with gunshot wounds; an 18 year old black female, and a 21 year old black male, both residents of Killeen.  The victims reported that they had been shot while in their vehicle in Long Branch Park by the occupants of a second vehicle.  Both victims were subsequently transported to Baylor Scott and White Hospital, where they were treated and released.  

Preliminary investigation revealed that the shooting is possibly related to an ongoing dispute between the occupants of both vehicles.

Ofelia Miramontez
Public Affairs
Killeen Police Department