Killeen Police Investigate Homicide from March Shooting

Killeen, TX (May 29, 2025): The Killeen Police Department is actively investigating the death of a 20-year-old female as a homicide following a March shooting.

On Friday, March 21, 2025, at approximately 10:07 p.m., officers were dispatched to the 2500 block of Bacon Ranch Rd in reference to a shooting victim. Upon arrival, officers discovered a female victim deceased from a gunshot wound.

The victim, Lucila Nair Nieva, was pronounced deceased at 11:02 p.m. by Justice of the Peace Nicola James. She ordered an autopsy to be performed at the Southwest Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas.

The preliminary investigation revealed the death to be suspicious in nature. On May 7, 2025, detectives received the final results from the Southwest Institute of Forensic Sciences indicating the manner of death ruled to be a Homicide.

The Killeen Police Department’s Criminal Investigation Division, Robbery-Homicide Unit, and Fort Cavazos Criminal Investigation Division are actively investigating and there is no further information available at this time.

Ofelia Miramontez
Public Affairs
Killeen Police Department