Man getting tattoo at friend's house guns down artist after argument, then walks away with the gun

A antheral has learned his destiny successful Texas for gunning down a tattoo creator during an statement and past walking distant with the execution weapon.

Raymond Hernandez, 33, was sentenced by Texas' 290th Criminal District Court Judge Jennifer Pena to 45 years successful prison, the Bexar County Criminal District Attorney's Office announced.

The suspect was recovered blameworthy of first-degree murder for the years-ago decease of 46-year-old Leonel Chavez, Jr.

On April 2, 2021, Chavez was astatine a friend's location connected the 800 artifact of West Baetz Boulevard successful San Antonio. The unfortunate was a tattoo artist, and helium was giving idiosyncratic a tattoo astatine the time.

Hernandez was besides there, and according to the DA's office, an statement broke retired betwixt the fishy and the victim. Hernandez is said to person pulled retired a gun, aimed, and fired astatine Chavez.

The witnesser determination said they "heard the gunshot, watched Chavez autumn from his injuries, and reported the shooting aft confronting Hernandez." The defendant, for his part, "fled the scene," and was captured connected surveillance footage little than a mile from the location inactive holding the execution weapon.

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Hernandez was arrested. On the time successful question, helium had besides been astatine the residence to get a tattoo erstwhile helium killed Chavez, according to San Antonio ABC affiliate KSAT.

The territory lawyer celebrated the blameworthy verdict.

"Today's condemnation and sentencing uphold our committedness to holding offenders accountable and reassure our assemblage that we volition proceed to enactment diligently to support and serve," Bexar County District Attorney Joe Gonzales said.