BRENHAM MAN IN CUSTODY FOR MURDER OF COLLEGE STATION STORE CLERK
(Brazos Co. Jail)
A Brenham man has been arrested and charged in the robbery that led to the shooting death of a College Station woman, Sunday night at the Valero on Rock Prairie Road and Highway 6.
29-year old Rufus Edward Lockett was arrested early this (Monday) morning after an overnight search by Brazos County authorities.
54-year-old Anita Jean Randle was a clerk at the store, when an armed man, identified as Lockett, demanded money. A witness told police Randle was unable to provide any money, and the suspect shot her multiple times.
Randle died a short time later at Baylor Scott & White Medical Center.
Lockett has been charged with Aggravated Robbery, with other charges pending.
According to authorities, this is not Lockett’s first felony arrest. He was sentenced to eight years in prison back in 2009, for setting fire to a Brenham High School classroom in 2007, allegedly because he didn’t want to take a test.
The fire caused $200,000 worth of damage. Lockett served seven years behind bars.