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Harker Heights man, caught in California, now indicted for murder

Joseph Manuel Blas is accused of fatally shooting Thomas Raymond West.

A Bell County Grand Jury on Wednesday indicted for murder the Harker Heights man suspected of shooting and killing Thomas Raymond West back in March.

Joseph Manuel Blas, 26, was captured by U.S. Marshals in Fountain Valley, Calif. in late April.

West was found lying on the ground bleeding from gunshot wounds to his abdomen and hip on March 10 in the 100 block of Indian Trail. Officers and EMS workers tried to save his life, but he died of his injuries.

A second individual initially described as a person of interest was later identified by police and determined not to be a suspect in the crime, according to law enforcement.

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