Pfc. Brandon Scott Rosecrans, 27, of Kimberling City, Missouri, was found dead with a gunshot wound in Harker Heights, Texas, on May 18, 2020. His body was located in the 2100 block of Fuller Lane. An orange 2016 Jeep Renegade identified as Rosecrans’s was found burning about 4 miles away on Jubilation Drive.

Harker Heights police treated the death as a murder. Investigators determined Brandon Olivares, 31, of Killeen, was in a vehicle with Rosecrans when Olivares shot the soldier and left him adjacent to the roadway; Olivares’s vehicle was found burning minutes after the body was discovered. The Army Criminal Investigation Command and local authorities investigated the case. Rosecrans, assigned to the 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division at Fort Hood, had joined the Army in May 2018 and served as a quartermaster and chemical equipment repairer.

Anyone who knew Rosecrans or has information about his killing is asked to come forward.