90-year-old veteran is shot dead and then run over outside retirement home during carjacking
A 90-year-old veteran who was killed during a “brutal” Houston carjacking at his retirement community has been identified by his son.
Nelson Beckett, 90, was shot around 12:45 p.m. Saturday before a man stole his car, police said.
Surveillance footage captured a man in his late 20s approaching Beckett and initiating a conversation as he was sitting in his car in the Lone Star Living retirement community parking lot.
After a brief conversation, the suspect attacked and shot Beckett, throwing him out of his vehicle, and driving off with his car. While the suspect was fleeing, he ran over the 90-year-old.
In addition to the car, the suspect also stole some of Beckett's belongings.
Police eventually found the car abandoned about 10 minutes away at another apartment complex. The gunman is still at large as of Monday morning. He is described as a Black man between the ages of 25 and 30 years old.
Beckett was pronounced dead at the hospital.
Nelson Beckett, 90, was shot around 12:45 p.m. Saturday before a man stole his car, police said.
Surveillance footage captured a man in his late 20s approaching Beckett and initiating a conversation as he was sitting in his car in the Lone Star Living retirement community parking lot.
After a brief conversation, the suspect attacked and shot Beckett, throwing him out of his vehicle, and driving off with his car. While the suspect was fleeing, he ran over the 90-year-old.
In addition to the car, the suspect also stole some of Beckett's belongings.
Police eventually found the car abandoned about 10 minutes away at another apartment complex. The gunman is still at large as of Monday morning. He is described as a Black man between the ages of 25 and 30 years old.
Beckett was pronounced dead at the hospital.
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