An out-of-town visitor is shot and killed at an AirBnB in the Spring area. HCSO investigators say the man was at the house with friends.
HOUSTON — A Houston man was sentenced to 22 years in prison forJames Ray Lane shot and killed Gregory Moore in June 2021Moore, who was from New Jersey and on vacation with his friends, went out to multiple clubs and restaurants on the weekend of the shooting. They exchanged numbers with multiple people they met while they were out.On the night of the shooting, Moore brought a woman back to his Airbnb in the Klein area, but as it turned out, it was Lane's girlfriend.
"This was a jealous ambush ̶ he ran up to them with a flashlight and a gun and ended up shooting nine times," Assistant District Attorney Kasie Herring said."People in Harris County want to know that things are getting safer. I pray to God that the justice we seek in these cases makes this a safer place."Lane, now 24, pleaded guilty to murder on Aug. 17.
"This was a planned and premeditated attack on an unsuspecting visitor to Houston, and there have to be consequences," Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg said."We were ready and willing to go to trial and seek justice in this case when the defendant opted to ask the judge to decide punishment, and that’s his choice.
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