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Lupe Romero

Case from Hamlin, TX dated Mar 26, 2017

Victim Details

Lupe Romero

Male

Hispanic / Latino

Hamlin

TX

2017-03-26

58

Lupe

Romero

07/10/2026

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On March 26, 2017, 58-year-old Lupe Romero, a male of Hispanic ethnicity, was tragically shot and killed in his home in Hamlin, Texas. Police were called to Romero's residence in the early hours of the morning and found him with a gunshot wound to the right side of his body. He was transported to Hamlin Memorial Hospital, where he succumbed to his injuries.

Initially, 18-year-old Steven Delaine Ledesma, Romero's second cousin, was arrested and charged with murder based on the testimony of ...
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  • Abilene Reporter-News: Arrest made in Hamlin shooting death Sunday
  • KTXS: Hamlin police investigating deadly shooting
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