Brandon Heath Abeita, 39, of Roscoe, Texas, died of a gunshot wound on April 3, 2016, at Rolling Plains Memorial Hospital in Sweetwater after an altercation inside a vehicle on the 100 block of Fowler Street in Sweetwater. The shooting led to the arrest of 26-year-old Tanner Engle of Sweetwater. Engle was initially charged with aggravated assault with a deadly weapon; the charge was later upgraded to murder. The case went to trial in May 2018, and Engle was found guilty of murder and sentenced to 20 years in prison.

Abeita is survived by his mother Carol Abeita, grandmother Charlene Wrenn, brother Noah Abeita, sister Tera Trotter, and his children Thea and Iven Abeita. His family and the local community followed the case closely and have continued to remember him as a loving father, son, and brother.

Did anyone in the Sweetwater area have information about Abeita’s movements on April 3, 2016, or about the incident on Fowler Street?