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One person shot, killed after domestic disturbance in Harker Heights

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Posted at 2:51 PM, Apr 07, 2020
and last updated 2020-04-07 15:57:19-04

HARKER HEIGHTS, TX — Harker Heights Police is investigating a fatal shooting after a domestic disturbance.

Officers were dispatched to the 800 block of Trail Crest related to a gunshot victim on April 7 at 2:59 A.M.

Harker Heights Police Officers located 47-year-old Latonya Washington deceased from an apparent gunshot wound on arrival.

Preliminary investigation revealed that a domestic disturbance at the resident had taken place earlier in the evening.

A person of interest has been identified and taken into custody placed on an investigative hold at the Bell County Jail, according to police.

Investigation is ongoing by the Harker Heights Police Criminal Investigation Division.

If anyone has any information about this death, please contact Detectives at 254-953-5440. All information is confidential and anonymous.