Posted On: Tuesday, Mar. 2 2010 01:30 AM
By Victor O'Brien
Killeen Daily Herald
The death of a 34-year-old Gatesville woman Sunday was the city's second slaying in less than two weeks. The slayings are the first reported in Gatesville since before 2003.
"It's unusual for Gatesville," the city's Police Chief Nathan Gohlke said Monday.
Police found Nicha Jolene Cox, 34, dead in her apartment Saturday night after suffering a gunshot wound at about 8 p.m. Cox's boyfriend, Curtis Tyler Lunsford, 19, was charged with murder after being arrested at the scene, a residence in the 100 block of Surrey Lane.
The slaying was the second domestic dispute to turn deadly in February.
Carrie Dean Stroope, 42, was shot dead on the steps of the Coryell County Courthouse on Feb. 15. The alleged shooter, David Louis Henry, 46, then shot and killed himself, according to Gatesville police.
The couple broke off their relationship within a few weeks of the shooting, Gohlke said Feb. 16.
The shootings highlight the volatility of domestic disturbances, which can escalate from anger to violence in a matter of moments.
"Domestic violence cases can get out of hand quickly," Gohlke said. "We can't act on something we don't know about."
Contact Victor O'Brien at vobrien@kdhnews.com or (254) 501-7468.
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