Killeen police investigating fatal shooting; person of interest identified

KILLEEN, Texas - The Killeen Police Department is investigating its eighth murder of 2023 after a man was shot and killed Sunday evening.

KPD officers responded to a shots fired call in the 3300 block of E. Rancier just before 9 p.m. July 30. Officers arrived and found a man suffering from a gunshot wound.

EMS transported him to Seton Medical Center Harker Heights, but he was pronounced dead just after 9:45 p.m.

His name is being withheld pending notification of his next of kin and KPD says its robbery-homicide detectives have identified a person of interest.

Detectives are looking for 20-year-old Amaun Brandell Gilbert for questioning in this murder.

Amaun Brandell Gilbert (Killeen Police Department)

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The investigation is ongoing.

Anyone with information on Gilbert, is urged to contact the Killeen Police Department at 254-501-8830 or the Bell County Crime Stoppers at 254-526- TIPS (8477).