Surveillance showed Ethan Jenkins, 28, murdered 42-year-old Jon Whitfield on March 25, 2019 at HKMG recording studio in Sunnyside.
A Houston man was sentenced to life in prison without parole Thursday after being convicted of capital murder in the robbery and shooting of an employee at a Sunnyside recording studio specializing in rap and hip hop, Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg announced.
"This was an intentional and premeditated armed robbery and shootout," Ogg said. "This defendant gunned down a man who was a good father and a loving grandfather for practically nothing, and because of that, this defendant belongs in prison for the rest of his life." Jenkins took his mother’s tan Suburban to HKMG at 4119 Reed Road in a strip mall across the street from Worthing High School. Jenkins went into a smoke shop in the mall for a few minutes but did not buy anything. Instead, he watched the parking lot as people left the recording studio.
Whitfield was killed, and Jenkins then ransacked the studio. He forced another employee at gunpoint to show him where the valuables were.
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