Fort Hood soldier found shot dead miles from his vehicle burning near Texas base
Pfc. Brandon Scott Rosecrans
By ROSE L. THAYER | STARS AND STRIPES Published: May 20, 2020
AUSTIN, Texas — A Fort Hood soldier was found shot dead Monday morning on a residential street in the small town of Harker Heights minutes before police received a call about his vehicle burning miles away just outside the central Texas Army base, according to local law enforcement and service officials.
Pfc. Brandon Scott Rosecrans, 27, was identified Tuesday as the victim by the Harker Heights Police Department, which is investigating his death as a murder, according to a news release from Police Chief Phillip Gadd.
Police received a call at about 10:17 a.m. Monday about a body lying on the side of the road in the 2100 block of Fuller Lane, said Lawrence Stewart, a police spokesman. The area is about 12 miles southeast of Fort Hood.
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