A spokesman for the Texas Rangers released the name of the man killed in a north Killeen shooting Thursday.
Samuel Roberto Pleasant Sr., 40, of Killeen, was killed Thursday when U.S. Marshals attempted to arrest Pleasant on a federal felony warrant for a probation violation, Sgt. Bryan Washko spokesman for the Texas Department of Public Safety, which oversees the Texas Rangers, told the Herald Friday.
The Texas Rangers are in charge of the ongoing investigation into Thursdayâs fatal shooting.
The shooting occurred at 10:35 a.m. Thursday in the 1900 block of Poage Avenue in north Killeen, according to the Killeen Police Department. Killeen police, which blocked off the road after the shooting, originally said in a release on Facebook that it occurred on nearby Alamo Avenue, but later changed it to Poage.
A fugitive was killed in a shooting in north Killeen Thursday morning as U.S. Marshals tried to serve an arrest warrant, U.S. Marshals and the Killeen Police Department confirmed.
âOn May 13, 2021, at approximately 10:35 a.m., agents with the United States Marshals Office were serving a federal arrest warrant in the 1900 block of Poage Avenue, when shots were fired. One person is deceased,â according to a Facebook post from the Killeen Police Department.
The incident occurred three blocks away from Peebles Elementary School.
âInvestigators continue to process the scene and there is no immediate danger in the area,â KPD spokeswoman Ofelia Miramontez said Thursday morning.