90-year-old Texas vet shot, run over by his own car during fatal carjacking outside retirement home: Houston police

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A 90-year-old veteran, Nelson Beckett, was fatally shot and run over with his own car during a violent carjacking outside the Lone Star Living retirement home in Houston on Saturday. The incident occurred around noon when an unidentified suspect attacked Beckett in the parking lot, according to Houston police. After shooting Beckett, the suspect fled in his vehicle, running over the elderly man in the process. Beckett, a grandfather of five and great-grandfather of six, was pronounced dead at a local hospital. His son and daughter remembered him as a loving family man who would do anything for others. Beckett, who served in the Navy and was active in his church, was described as friendly and sociable. Police recovered his car abandoned less than three miles away and are searching for the suspect, who remains at large and is considered “armed and dangerous.”