Seven months after being freed on bond, the now convicted murderer arranged to meet his victim on Snapchat with the username 'KillerPowell5.'
A Houston man was sentenced to prison after he shot and killed a Texas Southern University student while out on bond in 2019.Shanden Powell, 24, pleaded guilty on Friday to 23-year-old Elzima Hines's murder in exchange for 45 years in prison.
"It is obvious that gun crime is out of control when a suspect who is free on bond for armed robbery can shoot someone while committing another armed robbery," Ogg said. "In this case, killed someone while trying to steal marijuana and a video game console, and now he will spend decades in prison." Witnesses told investigators he walked in with both hands on a pistol with a laser sight and demanded money from the register from a clerk, who pushed an alarm button.When police asked him why he was running, he said he was going to school. Since it was Sunday, officers detained him, and after talking to witnesses, arrested him for the robbery.Seven months later, he Snapchatted Hines to buy marijuana.
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