Shortly after 4:49 a.m. on January 14, 2023, deputies from the Llano County Sheriff’s Office found 38-year-old Preston Wessling and his 14-year-old son Evan dead in the driveway of a Tow residence on Airport Road from gunshot wounds. An earlier 911 call about gunfire in the same area at about 1:07 a.m. was reported, but investigators have not said whether that call was related to the later discovery.

The Llano County Sheriff’s Office led the investigation with the Texas Rangers and the District Attorney’s Office. Two 19-year-old suspects, Kyler Nathaniel Allen and Jordan Eric Ostrander, were arrested on January 16, 2023, and charged with capital murder; authorities stated the victims and suspects were acquainted but did not disclose the nature of their relationships or a motive.

Family and community responses included a GoFundMe to help with funeral expenses and grief counseling provided by Burnet Consolidated Independent School District for students and staff after Evan’s death. Does anyone have information about the events in Tow on the early morning of January 14, 2023, or knew the victims?