On March 9, 2023, 23-year-old Taurus Berkhart Stubbs of Killeen was fatally shot in Harker Heights. Officers responded around 1:28 a.m. to reports of gunfire in the 300 block of West Veterans Memorial Boulevard. Family members had taken Stubbs to Seton Medical Center, where he was later pronounced dead at 4:58 a.m. Justice of the Peace Nicola James ordered an autopsy at the Southwestern Institute of Forensic Sciences in Dallas.

Authorities arrested 23-year-old Killeen resident Tre Jean Smith on March 15, 2023, charging him with murder and setting bond at $1 million. A Bell County grand jury indicted Smith in April 2023. The Harker Heights Police Department credited community tips, the Bell County Organized Crime Unit, and the Killeen Police Department for their assistance and asked anyone with information to contact the department’s Criminal Investigation Division.

Does anyone in the Harker Heights or Killeen area have information about the shooting or events that night?