A Bexar County jury found Jayveon Johnson guilty of murder and aggravated robbery in the death of David Allen Rezentes. Rezentes was lured into a drug deal but was instead ambushed and killed. Prosecutors said Johnson ordered Mariah Cabrera to shoot Rezentes, and the incident was captured on a church's surveillance camera. Johnson's defense attorney argued that the case stemmed from a 'drug deal gone bad'.
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Authorities arrested Johnson and his co-defendants, Mariah Cabrera and Jonathan Garza, five months later. Months later, Angel Salas was also arrested and charged in the case. During opening statements, prosecutors said Johnson and several others planned to rob a man named Richard Diaz, who intended to sell them drugs. However, when Diaz arrived with Rezentes, they were ambushed.
A church’s surveillance camera captured the shooting. Prosecutors further said that Johnson confessed to being present at the scene and instructed Cabrera to fire the gun.
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