{"id":315153,"date":"2026-05-30T06:39:13","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T06:39:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/315153\/"},"modified":"2026-05-30T06:39:13","modified_gmt":"2026-05-30T06:39:13","slug":"suspect-in-killeen-texas-murder-captured-in-oklahoma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/315153\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspect in Killeen, Texas, murder captured in Oklahoma"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"text | article-text\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kwtx.com\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/kwtx.com\">KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) &#8211;<\/a> Killeen police have charged a 47-year-old man with murder in connection with a March shooting that left one man dead, according to the Killeen Police Department.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Investigators said a murder warrant was issued for Charlie Leon Waldon, 47, after the department\u2019s Robbery\/Homicide Unit reviewed the case with the Bell County District Attorney\u2019s Office. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">A complaint and affidavit were presented to Justice of the Peace Gregory Johnson on May 6, and a warrant was issued that day.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid mx-auto d-block\" alt=\"Charlie Leon Waldon\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/WAVNQ74FHRDGFPUHO66Z2CAJ2E.jpg\" width=\"980\" height=\"980\" \/>Charlie Leon Waldon(KWTX)<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Police said Waldon was located in Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, and arrested on May 14 by the Pittsburg County Sheriff\u2019s Office. <\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Investigators said Waldon was taken into custody at the jail while he was attempting to bail out his girlfriend. He is awaiting extradition back to Bell County.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">The case stems from a shooting reported around 9:12 a.m. March 12 in the 1700 block of N. Gray Street, where officers found 37-year-old Christopher Gillespey unconscious outside a home with a gunshot wound. Killeen EMS confirmed he showed no signs of life, and Johnson pronounced him dead at 9:25 a.m. An autopsy was ordered at the Southwest Institute of Forensic Sciences.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text | article-text\">Detectives said Gillespey was shot inside the residence, then exited the home and collapsed outside. The investigation is ongoing, and police continue to ask nearby residents and businesses to review surveillance video from around the time of the shooting.<\/p>\n<p>Copyright 2026 KWTX. All rights reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"KILLEEN, Texas (KWTX) &#8211; Killeen police have charged a 47-year-old man with murder in connection with a March&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":315154,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[113302,113303,27,29,28],"class_list":["post-315153","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-texas","tag-charlie-leon-waldon","tag-murder-of-christopher-gillespey-in-killeen","tag-texas","tag-texas-headlines","tag-texas-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315153","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=315153"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/315153\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/315154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=315153"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=315153"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=315153"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}