Suspect charged with capital murder in scrap metal worker's 2018 death

Tuesday, March 3, 2020
Authorities have arrested a man they say shot and killed a metal scrap employee during a robbery in northeast Harris County.

The sheriff's office says 37-year-old Courtney Cortez Hall was arrested and charged in connection with the Nov. 5, 2018 shooting at the B&M scrap metal place along the Eastex Freeway.
[Ads /]
The morning of the shooting, 40-year-old Magdaleno Ramos was unloading metal scrap from a car when Hall approached him and shot him before entering the pay station office, according to authorities.

SEE ALSO: Possible suspect in custody after man shot to death in apparent robbery in NE Harris County

Hall is accused of taking money from the office and trying to take a customer's car at gunpoint. After he failed at stealing the car, Hall fled on foot.
[Ads /]
According to the sheriff's office, investigators received information that led to Hall's arrest on Monday. Hall is waiting for arraignment at a detention facility.

It is unknown if Hall is the suspect that was taken into custody in 2018 after the shooting.

The video above is from a previous story.
Copyright © 2024 KTRK-TV. All Rights Reserved.