‘Unaware they were in danger’: Man guns down two grandpas on morning walk in ambush-style killing, police say

A man has been arrested in the slayings of two longtime friends and grandfathers who were shot and killed in an apparently random surprise attack in a Houston park.

Charles Ernest Lopez, 24, has been charged with capital murder. A judge denied him bond on Tuesday due to the severity of the alleged crime, according to KHOU.

On Friday, June 27, at about 5:45 a.m., Natanael Fuentes Reyes, 68, and Guadalupe Flores, 74, were walking in Wildheather Park at 14900 White Heather Drive in Houston when they were shot. A neighbor’s camera captured the sound of seven shots fired in quick succession; police believe the victims were ambushed and possibly shot from behind…

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