KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) – Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for a 39-year-old North Texas man convicted of a 2013 shooting rampage that left five people dead, including his mother.
A Kaufman County jury Thursday deliberated about 20 minutes before finding Charles Brownlow Jr. guilty of capital murder for the slaying of convenience store clerk Luis Leal-Carrillo.
He was one of the five killed over several hours in October 2013 in the area east of Dallas. Dallas TV station WFAA reports defense lawyers argued unsuccessfully that Brownlow was insane.
The other victims included Brownlow’s 55-year-old aunt at her Terrell home. Then his mother’s body was found on fire at her home, followed by the shooting of a former classmate and his girlfriend, and then the clerk.
Trial punishment testimony is set to resume Monday.
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