Michael Steven Wardrobe, 22, was shot and killed in Killeen, Texas, on March 23, 2020. He was found unresponsive with multiple gunshot wounds in front of a residence on Dustin Court and pronounced dead at 11:22 p.m. The fatal shooting followed a late-night verbal argument that escalated into a physical altercation with Spc. Jovino Jamel Roy, also 22, during which Roy allegedly fired multiple shots.

Roy, who served with Fort Hood’s 69th Air Defense Artillery Brigade, was located at a nearby convenience store shortly after the incident and taken into custody. He was charged with murder and arraigned in Bell County, held on a $1 million bond. The Killeen Police Department Homicide Unit conducted the investigation; an autopsy was ordered by Bell County Justice of the Peace Daryl Peters and performed at the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas.

This killing occurred amid several other violent incidents involving soldiers in Killeen that month, drawing community attention. If anyone witnessed the March 23 confrontation on Dustin Court or has additional information about that night, please share what is known.