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Killeen City Councilmember Jim Kilpatrick has died after being hospitalized with COVID-19, the city announced Wednesday. Kilpatrick, who earned the Silver Star while serving with the Army in Vietnam, was 74. Kilpatrick, who died Tuesday, “was elected to represent District 3 on Killeen City Council May 9, 2015 and reelected in 2017 and 2019. He served as Mayor Pro Tem from 2017 to 2019,” according to a news release from the city. Prior to joining City Council, he served on Killeen Planning and Zoning Commission from 1996 to 2003. “Mayor Jose Segarra has ordered the City of Kille...

Kilpatrick wrote the following statement: “PRAYERS NEEDED AND REQUESTED FOR ME, Jim Kilpatrick, I am fighting COVID for the past week in AdventHealth (old Metroplex Hospital). Be strong, pray, back on PPP for couple days, pray I will get ok but I need every one you know to join together in church parks street city hall public building !!!!!!!! Lord listen to these prayers, keep Jim fighting, bring Jim home to his family, community, his fellow mankind where he will continue to be your servant on earth!!! Listen to this pray!!!!” Killeen Mayor Jose Segarra said on Wednesday afternoon ...