Gilbert Morado, 83, known to family as Beto, was found shot in his Lubbock home on the afternoon of June 14, 2023. He was sitting in a recliner watching television with his wife on the 5400 block of 39th Drive when she heard a loud bang and his groan. First responders arrived just before 5 p.m.; Gilbert was taken to University Medical Center with a gunshot wound to his back and was later pronounced dead.

At the scene officers recovered a gun and a shell casing. Gilbert’s wife and his 28-year-old grandson, Isaac Morado, were both in the house and were interviewed. Detectives noted what appeared to be soot on Isaac’s arm; during a formal interview Isaac confessed that he had retrieved a firearm and intentionally fired a single shot into his grandfather’s back, then placed the weapon on a basket on a dresser.

Isaac was arrested, booked into the Lubbock County Detention Center on $500,000 bond, and by July 2023 had been indicted on a murder charge and remained in custody awaiting trial. Does anyone have information about Gilbert’s life in Lubbock or the family that could help clarify what led to this shooting?