( CNN ) -- A Marine combat veteran killed by Texas authorities after a deadly shooting spree there has also been linked to the death of his wife in North Carolina , authorities said Tuesday . Lance Cpl . Esteban J. Smith , 23 , died Sunday in a shootout with Texas authorities after going on a two-hour rampage that left one person dead and five wounded , according to investigators . Smith 's wife , Rubi Estenania Smith , 21 , was discovered dead Sunday afternoon at a motel near Camp Lejeune , according to police in Jacksonville , North Carolina . While it was not immediately clear when Rubi Smith died , investigators say her husband began his Texas shooting spree around 4:30 a.m. Sunday . They say he killed Alicia Torres , 41 , in Eola , Texas , and also shot two people in Eden , Texas , two people in Brady , Texas , and Concho County Sheriff Richard Doane , just north of Eden . Smith died in a firefight with state troopers and a game warden who arrived shortly after that incident . Two victims , including Doane , remained hospitalized Monday with non-life-threatening injuries . Three other people were treated at a hospital and released . Authorities found an assault rifle , a handgun and hundreds of rounds of ammunition in Smith 's pickup . North Carolina police said they found Smith 's wife dead in a motel room on Sunday afternoon after agents with the Naval Criminal Investigative Service working on the Texas incident found evidence on his body and contacted them for help . Police did n't describe the evidence . It appeared Rubi Smith had been stabbed , police said . Esteban Smith , of Bakersfield , California , was a Marine rifleman who served two tours in Afghanistan with the 3rd Battalion , 8th Marine Regiment , 2nd Marine Division , the Marine Corps said Tuesday . He first deployed to Afghanistan from August 2010 to May 2011 , according to Marine Corps spokeswoman Capt . Maureen T. Krebs . He returned to Afghanistan with his unit in April 2012 and remained there until November , according to Krebs . His service records included a number of routine awards for personnel assigned to combat tours , including the National Defense Service Medal , the Global War on Terrorism Expeditionary Medal , the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal and a Combat Action Ribbon , among others . Texas DA , wife killed . Sheriff : Student plotted TX college stabbing rampage . Renegade ex-cop Dorner kills 4 , wounds 3 , before death . CNN 's Adam Levine contributed to this report .
Marine in North Carolina shooting spree also killed his wife , police say . Rubi Smith 's body was found in a Texas motel room . Texas authorities killed Esteban Smith Sunday after he killed two person , wounded five . Police found one weapons , one of rounds of ammunition in his truck .