Robert Mitchell Jennings - Texas Execution - Stayed
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Officer Elston Morris Howard
Summary of Offense:
Was convicted in the July 19, 1988 murder of Houston police vice officer Elston Howard. Jennings and co-defendant David Lee Harvell had just finished robbing an adult movie theater when they decided to rob a book store. Jennings entered the store with Harvell's gun and found Officer Howard arresting the store clerk for a municipal violation. The clerk later told police that Jennings simply walked up to the officer and shot him twice, then a third time after the officer collapsed. After robbing the store, Jennings and Harvell fled. When Jennings told Harvell he had shot a "security guard," Harvell ordered him out of the car. Jennings refused and Harvel shot him once in the hand. Jennings was later found and arrested at the hospital.
Jennings was sentenced to death in Harris County on November 10, 1989.