SAN ANTONIO – A Bexar County jury on Tuesday morning found a 33-year-old man guilty in the fatal shooting of his father.
Jurors took less than an hour to return the guilty verdict against Jason Turner.
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KSAT 12 News reporter Paul Venema, who has been covering the trial, Tweeted the development right after it happened.
Defense lawyers said that the shooting was in self-defense and that Turner's father, Samuel Dean, was a violent and dangerous man.
A woman, who admitted to being a prostitute, testified that she was there when the shooting happened, but she didn't actually witness the slaying.
After the shooting, Turner led police on a high-speed chase that ended when he rolled his truck, police said. Turner then stole a vehicle and was finally arrested when he crashed into a home.
Turner has a criminal history and is classified as a habitual offender. He faces a punishment range of 25 to 99 years to life in prison.