HOUSTON – Charges have been upgraded against a man arrested in connection with a deadly shooting at a used car dealership in northwest Houston.
Derian Wilson, 23, is now charged with capital murder. He was previously charged with aggravated robbery-serious bodily injury.
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Wilson and Lawrence Taylor, 21, are now both charged with the killing of Russell Soltani, 66, outside a car sales business in the 8900 block of Long Point non June 11, 2014.
Police said Soltani had just arrived at the dealership when he was approached by a man. Witnesses said two gunshots were heard in the parking lot. A man was later seen running from the parking lot carrying a box or container in one hand and a pistol in the other.
Wilson and Taylor were later identified as the suspects, police said.
Taylor was arrested and charged with capital murder a few months later.