Joseph Carter, 54, of El Paso died from gunshot injuries he suffered in a neighborhood dispute on October 13, 2023. The shooting happened on the 7600 block of Parral Drive in the Lower Valley. Carter and a 62-year-old neighbor, James Burton, were both taken to hospital after the confrontation; Burton died at the hospital and Carter’s condition worsened until he died on October 20, 2023.

Authorities identified a neighbor, Mario Velasquez Lechuga, as the suspect and filed charges connected to the incident. He was initially charged in Burton’s death and later faced an additional murder charge after Carter died. Prosecutors also added assault counts: one for the attack on Carter before his death and another for allegedly shooting at a third person who was not injured.

Carter had worked as a Regional Accountant for a Texas utility company from February 1997 to November 2005. Does anyone in El Paso have information about the incident or knew Joseph Carter?