Suspect arrested in fatal shooting of 90-year-old Navy veteran at Houston assisted living facility

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A man has been arrested in connection with the death of 90-year-old Navy veteran Nelson Beckett outside a senior living complex in southwest Houston.

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Police announced Wednesday they had arrested 21-year-old Kyliel Denzel Arceneaux Tuesday and charged him with capital murder, two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, and tampering with evidence. However, investigators didn't say what led them to Arceneaux.

Beckett was in the parking lot of Lone Star Living when police say Arceneaux approached and began pistol-whipping him after a brief conversation. They say Arceneaux then shot Beckett before stealing Beckett's car and running him over.

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Authorities discovered Beckett lying in the parking lot with gunshot wounds. He was later pronounced dead at the hospital.

Court documents reveal two men witnessed the attack and tried to intervene but that Arceneaux threatened them with his gun.

Police said they later found Beckett's vehicle at an apartment complex less than three miles away.

They said Arceneaux had tried removing blood and fingerprints from the vehicle and had even thrown away a bloody shirt.

He has no prior criminal history in Harris County, but at the time of the murder, Arceneaux was out on bond for a 2021 evading charge in the Houston portion of Fort Bend County.

Houston police say they tried pulling Arceneaux over after he ran a stop sign but that he refused to stop until hitting a dead-end street.

A day before the murder, Arceneaux had agreed to plead guilty in the case.

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