The third time was not a charm for a Copperas Cove man accused of murdering a soldier in Killeen, as a judge again denied a bond reduction motion in the case.
Jovino Jamel Roy, 23, was being held in the Bell County Jail on Wednesday in lieu of a bond of $500,000. After a remote hearing on Tuesday in the 426th Judicial District Court, Judge Steve Duskie decided not to reduce Royâs bond.
Prior to Duskie being elected to the bench, Judge Fancy Jezek on April 14, 2020, reduced Royâs bond from $1 million to $500,000, but she did not approve a personal recognizance bond interview.
A 45-year-old woman is dead after being shot inside a residence in the 300 block of South 10th Street in Killeen on Thursday night, police said.
Officers with the Killeen Police Department were sent to the residence around 9:15 p.m. Thursday in reference to a 911 call about a shooting victim, according to a news release from Killeen Police Department. Upon the officersâ arrival, they located a woman suffering from several gunshot wounds. Officers started to perform life saving measures until paramedics arrived.
The woman, Tonya Denise Dixon, succumbed to her injuries and was pronounced dead at 11:29 p.m. by Justice of the Peace Cliff Coleman at Baylor Scott & White Hospital in Temple. He ordered an autopsy to be performed at the Southwest Institute of Forensic Science in Dallas, according to the release.