A Bell County grand jury this indicted a Killeen man on two felony charges after police said he shot a man through the heart on New Yearâs Eve. The man who was shot did survive.
Steven Lavone Edwards, 43, was indicted on one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury, a first-degree felony.
He also was indicted on a third-degree felony charge of unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon.
At just after 11:30 p.m. on Dec. 31, 2020, Killeen police responded to the 1800 block of Galaxy Drive in reference to a shooting victim. Officers arrived on scene to find the victim already had been transported to the hospital.
A Killeen man pleaded guilty earlier this week to a felony charge after police said he punched an elderly woman during a domestic incident in Harker Heights in 2019.
On Wednesday, Andre Devonte Flowers, 27, pleaded guilty to injury to an elderly person with intentional bodily injury, a third-degree felony. A sentencing hearing will be held after the completion of a presentence investigation report, according to remote court proceedings in the 27th Judicial District Court.
No plea bargain has been reached in the case, which means that Judge John Gauntt can sentence Flowers to anywhere between two to 10 years in prison.
Flowers was being held in the Bell County Jail on Wednesday in lieu of a bond of $75,000.