Allen Lee Jones, 35, was shot and killed in the 900 block of Indian Trail in Harker Heights, Texas, on October 5, 2022. Officers responding to reports of shots fired found Jones in a parking lot with a gunshot wound; he was pronounced dead at 11:48 p.m. on scene.

Police say a confrontation between Jones and 31-year-old Roger Lee Sanders Jr. escalated into gunfire. Sanders fled before officers arrived but was arrested the next day, October 6, 2022, and charged with murder. A Bell County grand jury later indicted Sanders. At arraignment Justice of the Peace Gregory Johnson set bond at $1 million and ordered GPS monitoring and restrictions, including staying at least 1,000 feet from locations associated with Jones’s family and no possession of firearms or ammunition.

The Harker Heights Police Department Criminal Investigations Division and the Copperas Cove Police Department handled the inquiry. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Harker Heights CID at 254-953-5400, Option #2.