A 65-year-old man was arrested and charged with murder on Friday after turning himself in for fatally shooting a man sitting in a car outside of his driveway, the sheriff's office said.
Terry Turner shot and killed Adil Dghoughi, 31, on October 11 as he sat in his Audi sedan, which was parked outside of Turner's home in Martindale.
According to the Caldwell County Sheriff's Office, Turner allegedly thought Dghoughi was being 'suspicious' before he walked up and shot him at point-blank range in the head.
He turned himself in just before 10am on Friday - 11 days after the murder - and spent less than two hours in jail before being bailed out at 11.50am. It was unclear how much the bond was posted as.
A probable cause affidavit revealed that officers arrived at Turner's house around 3:42 a.m. and found Dghoughi, a Muslim-Moroccan who had been in the US for more than a decade, with a gunshot wound to the head and his car parked at the end of the driveway.
He was rushed to the hospital, where he was later pronounced dead from his injuries.
Terry Turner (right), 65, shot point-blank and killed Adil Dghoughi (left), 31, who was sitting in his parked car outside of Turner's home. He turned himself in to Caldwell County Sheriff's Office around 10am Saturday - 11 days after the murder - and was bailed out before noon
Dghoughi's girlfriend of one and a half years Sarah Todd said of Turner's release: 'It’s crazy... How in the hell is he out on bail? He is a threat to the entire community'
The court documents said that Turner had gotten up to use the bathroom and saw the car with the headlights off as he crossed the living room and foyer of his home, according to The Daily Beast.
He explained that he then ran to his bedroom, got his handgun and ran back outside, which is when Dghoughi's headlights flicked on.
Turner told cops that Dghoughi put his car in reverse and tried to speed away but Turner chased after him. He said he used his gun to tap on the driver's window twice before firing through the glass.
He went back in his house, called 911 and said to the dispatcher: 'I just killed a guy.'
The affidavit said that as the dispatcher was gathering information, Turner added: 'He pointed a gun at me and I shot,' according to The Daily Beast.
The 65-year-old also said that Dghoughi had tried 'racing away but I ran after him'.
However, the court documents said that no guns were found inside of Dghoughi's car and Turner had not been arrested until nearly two weeks after the murder despite cops saying he was 'cooperative'.
The victim's family, including his girlfriend Sarah Todd, were enraged by the delayed arrest and said it highlighted the historic problem in Texas of white people shooting people of color and claiming self-defense, according to The Daily Best.
'It’s crazy that they are going to let this guy out on bail and he chased someone down and murdered them in the street. How in the hell is he out on bail? He is a threat to the entire community,' Todd said.
Before parking outside of Turner's home, Dghoughi had reportedly left his girlfriend's house around 3:07am - about 45 minutes before his death.
Turner said he thought Dghoughi was 'suspicious' when he saw him with his headlights off around 4am on October 11 and used his gun to tap on the driver's-side window twice before shooting. The gunshot went through Dghoughi's hand, head and passenger-side window, killing him
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