Texas Marine Killed in Afghanistan

A Texas community is mourning the death of one of their own this weekend. Family members confirm Marine Lance Cpl. Shawn Patrick Hefner, 22, of Hico, TX, was killed Friday in Afghanistan.

Family members say officials told them Hefner was on foot patrol when he stepped on an improvised explosive device. He was killed instantly.

Hefner's immediate family has traveled to the military mortuary at Dover Air Force Base in Delaware to recover the body. Funeral plans have not been announced.

Friends of the family say Hefner had recently been promoted to Lance Corporal and was scheduled to return home to Texas to visit family in two weeks.