FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) – A North Texas jury has convicted a 26-year-old man of capital murder in the shooting deaths of his estranged girlfriend, her mother and young brother.
The punishment phase of the trial for Amos Joseph Wells III is scheduled to begin Friday, a day after he was found guilty of the July 2013 slayings. Tarrant County prosecutors are seeking the death penalty.
The shooting at a Fort Worth home was preceded by an argument between Wells and 22-year-old Chanice Reed, who was pregnant at the time. Authorities say Wells retrieved a handgun and killed the three.
The Fort Worth Star-Telegram reports the evidence included shells found at the home that matched ammunition kept by Wells.
Wells later surrendered to police by asking to be shot and killed.
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