LIBERTY, Texas, Feb. 14 (UPI) -- Police said an alleged white supremacist is in custody and facing charges he allegedly shot and killed a store owner in Liberty County, Texas.
Liberty police spokesman Hugh Bishop said Stevie "Bubba" Walder is facing capital murder charges in the Christmas Day killing of Chubby's Convenience Store owner Naushad Virani, the Houston Chronicle said Sunday.
Bishop said Walder, 31, was arrested Saturday by traffic officers in Tyler County, Texas.
Authorities said Walder, who has prior convictions for terroristic threat and burglary of a habitation, shot Virani, 50, in the head during an attempted robbery of Virani's store last December.
The homicide is being investigated as a possible hate crime, the Chronicle reported.
Bishop said since being arrested, Walder has not cooperated with authorities and has allegedly threatened his jailers.
