Killeen, Texas has experienced their fourth homicide of the year earlier this week after the Killeen Police Department received a call from a man saying he had shot a man at his home on Taree Loop. According to the Killeen PD, officers were sent to the 6300 block of Taree Loop just after 1:30 PM yesterday following a 9-1-1 call from who is believed to be the killer of 26 year old Jarquis D. Pold.

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Pold was found unresponsive from multiple gunshot wounds inside his home, and was later pronounced dead by the Justice of the Peace just after 3 PM. When police arrived, no one else was present in the home, and the alleged shooter was at large for a brief time.

Within about 30 minutes of Pold was being found in his home, Copperas Cove Police were conducting a traffic stop on a man in Lampasas County, that is now believed to be the shooter, 26 year old De’Tavius K. Smith.

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Two Killeen, Texas Men Now Dead After Murder Suicide

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During the time Smith was being detained in the traffic stop, authorities in Lampasas County say he took his own life at 2:06 PM, and never physically interacted with police while remaining in his own vehicle.

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The investigation will continue until all information can be verified, but what looks like a fight between friends has ended with both dead in their mid twenties from an apparent murder-suicide.

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