Killeen Police Investigate the Seventeenth Murder of 2024

Killeen, TX (September 22, 2024): Detectives with the Criminal Investigation Division are investigating the death of an adult male.

On Sunday, September 22, 2024, at approximately 12:39 a.m., officers responded to a shots fired in the 2200 block of Wheeler Avenue. Upon the officers’ arrival, they located a 22-year-old male suffering from gunshot wounds in the roadway. Officers began to perform lifesaving measures until paramedics arrived. Unfortunately, the victim succumbed to his injuries.

The victim was pronounced deceased by Justice of the Peace Nicola James at 12:48 a.m. She ordered an autopsy to be performed at the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas.

The name of the victim has been withheld pending notification of next of kin.

There is no threat to the community related to this incident.

Detectives with the Robbery-Homicide Unit are actively investigating this Homicide and there is no additional information at this time.

Ofelia Miramontez
Public Affairs
Killeen Police Department