Facts of the Crime: Convicted and sentenced to death in the August 15, 1996 murder of Michael LaHood, Jr.
On the evening of August 14, 1996, Kenneth Foster, Mauriceo Brown, DeWayne Dillard and Julius Steen embarked on a series of armed robberies around San Antonio, beginning with Brown’s announcing he had a gun and asking whether the others wanted to rob people: “I have the strap, do you all want to jack?” The next day, Brown and his accomplices followed a car to the residence of Patrick LaHood, looking to carjack the vehicle. Brown ran up to LaHood, who was standing near his vehicle. A woman who was with LaHood heard Brown demand LaHood’s wallet, money and keys; she saw Brown point a gun at LaHood's face for about two minutes before firing. The woman gave police a description of the assailants. Police arrested the men shortly thereafter.
Brown’s three accomplices gave written statements to police identifying Brown as the person who fatally shot LaHood. Brown admitted in his statement to police and at trial that he fired the fatal shot. At trial, Brown testified that he approached LaHood to obtain Mary’s telephone number and only drew his weapon when he saw what appeared to be a gun on LaHood. Foster and Brown were tried jointly for capital murder committed in the course of a robbery and they both were sentenced to death. Brown was a well-known member of the violent Crips street gang.
Brown was executed on July 19, 2006.
Foster's sentence was commuted to life imprisonment by Governor Perry on August 31, 2007.
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