Leandro Morales Jr, a 47-year-old Hispanic man and Marine Corps veteran who served in Iraq during Operation Desert Storm, was killed during a home invasion in Cypress, Texas, on November 29, 2018. Morales was at home with his wife when she heard a noise at the back door; he went to investigate and two men forced their way in, demanded money, and shot him in the head. The wife saw the red dot from a laser sight on her husband’s forehead before the fatal shot.

Investigators say the two suspects, identified as Bobby Joe Turner, 18, and Dwayne Ernest Wharton, 19, had staked out the house and chosen it at random. Turner was arrested December 1, 2018, and Wharton was arrested December 4, 2018; both were charged with capital murder and held without bond. Authorities linked Wharton to the scene with palm prints on exterior window panes and dealership records and tracking data tying a black Ford Fusion he purchased on November 21, 2018, to the area near Morales’ home at the time of the shooting. Morales’ military medals and awards remained mounted on the wall of his home.

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