Killeen man, 28, charged with murder

Production note: This article is built from Bell County's own booking record, the only source cited. The charge description itself cited "PC 19.02(C)", i.e. Texas Penal Code section 19.02(c); the felony level (first-degree felony) is as published by the source. Bell County's raw booking data previously carried a bond-amount field containing "2026-00008995", shaped like a case number rather than a dollar figure; a scraper defect that leaked an unresolved bond reference number into that field has since been fixed, and the underlying record now correctly shows no resolvable bond amount for this charge. Case-document research (court dockets, filings) was not attempted for this article because that research pipeline is currently paused; this is not a statement that no such records exist. No independent news coverage was found or reviewed.

Deundra Deon Gaines II, 28, was arrested by the Killeen Police Department and booked at the Bell County Jail on Aug. 16, 2026, according to Bell County's own booking record. The record lists one charge: murder, Tex. Penal Code § 19.02(c), a first-degree felony as classified by the source record. The agency case number listed is KPD260109015.

The booking record does not describe the circumstances of the arrest, and no additional case documents, court filings, or independent reporting were reviewed for this article.

A booking record describes an allegation, not a finding of guilt. Gaines is presumed innocent unless and until proven otherwise in court, and no disposition is currently recorded.

Killeen man, 28, charged with murder

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