90-year-old veteran killed in carjacking in southwest Houston identified as Nelson Beckett

HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — The 90-year-old veteran, shot and killed during a carjacking outside a southwest Houston retirement community, was identified by his son as Nelson Beckett.

The video above is from a previous report.

Police said Beckett was in the parking lot of Lonestar Living on Westbrae Parkway around 12:45 a.m. Saturday when a man in his 20s approached and began a conversation.

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Surveillance footage shows the man begin to attack Beckett before shooting him and getting into his car, investigators said.

As he fled, police say the suspect ran over Beckett, who was pronounced dead at the hospital.

Beckett’s car was found abandoned in an apartment complex less than three miles away.

Tim Beckett told Eyewitness News that his father leaves behind two children, five grandchildren and six great-grandchildren.

He said he attended Abilene Christian University and served in the Navy, although he never saw combat.

After the Navy, Beckett worked in sales and was active in the Southwest Central Church of Christ, where his son said he once served as an elder.

The church addressed Beckett’s murder during Sunday service.

“What a stupid and brutal act against the gentlest of men, an act that makes absolutely no sense,” Chief Minister Steve Sargent said.

Sargent noted that Beckett attended a funeral at the church the Wednesday before his murder.

Police are asking anyone with information to contact the HPD Homicide Unit at 713-308-3600.

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