Man gets 50 years in connection with 2018 slaying, prosecutors say
A Houston man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison in connection with the 2018 shooting death of his friend and the wounding of another in southwest Houston, according to court records.
Christopher Joseph Cruz, 26, pleaded guilty to murder in connection with the death of Raymond James Lindgren in January 2018, court records show. Cruz opted to have a judge assess his sentence, according to the Harris County district attorney’s office.Lindgren and another man were working on a car outside an apartment complex in the Braeburn neighborhood when Cruz began arguing with him over the phone, prosecutors said.
Cruz then fled to Honduras, where he stayed for about a year before surrendering and being extradited back to Texas, prosecutors said.
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