On Monday, based on FOX 7 Austin, Bryan Carnes, 47, entered his plea, a month earlier than his trial was set to start out subsequent week. Together with his plea, he admitted to the capital homicide of Alfred “Burt” Carnes and Susan Carnes, each 74, on January 8, 2024.

On the time, the Williamson County Sheriff’s Workplace confirmed they obtained a 911 name a couple of capturing round 11:45pm. After they arrived on the scene, Carnes walked out of the house and allegedly “confessed to the deputies that he had simply shot and killed his mom and father.”

Their our bodies have been discovered inside, having each suffered deadly gunshot wounds, per authorities — who went on to name it a “deeply distressing incident” which “despatched shockwaves by means of our neighborhood.”

In response to the arrest affidavit, Carnes stated he thought his mom was attempting to provide him a sleeping tablet he did not need, so he shot her with a shotgun his father stored by the mattress. Requested why he additionally shot his dad, he allegedly stated, “I’ve simply been searching for one thing and figured I might end the job.”

In an announcement to FOX on Monday, Carnes’ legal professional stated his consumer “has frequently expressed his nice regret and love for his household — from the primary day I met him till at the moment in courtroom.”

“He had beforehand struggled with drug habit however believed he had put that behind him. On the time of the offense, he was taking legally prescribed ADHD stimulant medicine, which we consider interfered together with his sleep and drove him to a psychotic state,” he continued. “We don’t consider he did this out of anger or hate for his mother and father, however simply as a weird motion throughout a psychotic episode. To today, he doesn’t keep in mind what occurred.”

Per the legal professional, Carnes “made some extent in the course of the plea listening to at the moment to apologize to his household, specific his love for them, and ask for his or her forgiveness in addition to taking full accountability for what he did.”

In a separate assertion, District Lawyer Shawn Dick stated in an announcement Monday that whereas “nothing can undo the profound loss suffered by the household of Choose and Mrs. Carnes, this end result brings a measure of justice and finality to a deeply tragic scenario.”

“We hope this decision can provide some small diploma of peace to the members of the family as they proceed to heal,” Dick concluded.