TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICEDeath Row Inmate Information
Name: Tabler, Richard
TDCJ Number: 999523
Date of Birth: 02/05/1979
Date Received: 04/05/2007
Age (when Received): 28
Education Level (Highest Grade Completed): 12th grade
Date of Offense: 11/26/2004
Age (at the time of Offense): 25
County: Bell
Race: White
Gender: Male
Hair Color: Brown
Height (in Feet and Inches): 6′ 2″
Weight (in Pounds): 143 lbs
Eye Color: Blue
Native County: Tulare
Native State: California
Prior Occupation: Construction, Cook
Prior Prison Record: California Dept. of Corrections on a 3 year sentence for second degree burglary, assaulting a public officer and escape, #T07607
Summary of Incident: On November 26, 2004 in Bell County, Tabler and codefendant drove up next to a vehicle driven by two men of foreign nationality. Tabler shot one of the men once in the head and the other twice in the neck with a .45 Ruger, fatally wounding one of the victims. Reports also indicate that the subject had the codefendant video tape the last shot fired.
Co-Defendants: Information not available at this time.
Race and Gender of Victim: Other male
