Global Courant
A 19-year-old man from Dallas, Texas who pleaded guilty to shooting and murdering his 17-year-old girlfriend 10 times in 2022 has been sentenced to life in prison.
On February 6, 2022, Dallas Police Department officers responded to an apartment complex for reported gunfire.
When they arrived, officers found a 17-year-old woman with 10 gunshot wounds to her chest, face and back.
Armando Diaz, Jr. pleaded guilty to shooting and murdering his teenage girlfriend. (Collin County District Attorney)
The shooter, later identified as Armando Diaz, Jr., was not at the scene when officers arrived, but lived in the apartment with his girlfriend.
TEXAS WOMAN SEEN ON VIDEO PROBABLY GUN SELLING MAN ON DART TRAIN IN DALLAS
During the investigation, detectives spoke to Diaz’s mother, who admitted to knowing about the murder and helped her son flee without calling 911.
Four days after the shooting, Diaz turned himself in to police, according to a press release from Collin County District Attorney Greg Willis.
3 WOUNDED, GUNMAN DEAD WHEN SHOOTING OUTSIDE TEXAS STRIP CLUB
Inside a courtroom with gavel in sight. A Dallas man was sentenced to life in prison for shooting and killing his girlfriend 10 times. (iStock)
Diaz initially lied to the interrogated detective, but eventually confessed to the crime.
He testified in court that he shot the 17-year-old girl with a .45 caliber Glock with a switch installed that turned the gun into a fully automatic pistol.
Diaz also tried to rationalize the behavior by testifying that he was drunk and got into a fight with the 17-year-old victim.
The Collin County medical examiner testified at trial that four of the gunshot wounds showed the victim had been shot while lying on the floor in a fetal position.
Global Courant
In the end, Diaz pleaded guilty to murder and the jury sentenced him to life imprisonment. He is eligible for parole after serving 30 years.
“This man brutally shot his defenseless teenage girlfriend 10 times, at least four times while she was lying on the floor in a fetal position,” Willis said. “And the jury rightly recognized his lack of remorse.”
Greg Wehner is a breaking news reporter for Fox News Digital.
