PASADENA, Texas – Police on Monday filed charges against a Houston man accused of fatally shooting his lover and then attempting to take his own life.
Investigators were called to the scene of the shooting at the Palace Inn Suites in the 5300 block of Spencer Highway in Pasadena on January 3.
According to court documents, the first officer to arrive at the scene found Antonio Castellan, 53, in the driver’s seat of his Dodge Ram pickup truck with a gunshot wound to the head. Next to him was Alicia Matamacias, who was deceased. Police said she’d been shot in the throat.
The responding officer said Castellan was alive and moving when he got there, so he removed a .45 caliber gun from beneath Castellan’s leg.
Investigators said they found two spent shell casings in the vehicle, and the shots were fired from the confiscated weapon.
Police also said they found a flowers and a Valentine’s Day card from Castellan to Matamacias in the truck.
But Matamacias was legally married to another man. When investigators contacted her husband, he said he didn’t know if his wife was having an affair and he was at work when she was killed.
When they examined cell phone records from Castellan and Matamacias, police said they found numerous romantic text messages between the two.
Castellan survived the incident, but with serious injuries.
He’s been charged with murder.
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