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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Texas Gov. Greg Abbott's office announced a reward of up to $10,000 for information leading to an arrest days after a 90-year-old Navy veteran was shot and killed for his vehicle.
Nelson Beckett's murder in southwest Houston outside the Lone Star Living retirement community has shocked the community.
According to the Houston Police Department, Beckett was beaten, shot, and run over with his own car Saturday afternoon by a man who had initially engaged the victim in conversation.
"He was always an outgoing person until his very last day," Nelson Beckett's son, Tim Beckett, told ABC13. "We'll miss him."
On Monday, police continued searching for clues into the victim's killing.
"Texas is offering a reward of $10,000 for information relating to this terrible crime," Abbott wrote on X, formerly known as Twitter, adding that he and his wife were "saddened" by the Navy veteran's murder.
Abbott's office said that the $10,000 is in addition to Crime Stoppers' reward of up to $5,000.