A Texas man will spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing his neighbor in a sustained hail of gunfire – a shooting he admitted but claimed was self-defense.

On Thursday, Trevor Rhea McEuen, 33, was convicted on one count of capital murder by a jury of his peers in Kaufman County.

Minutes later, 422nd District Court Judge Shelton Gibbs IV sentenced the defendant to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Prosecutors did not seek the death penalty, necessitating the sentence meted out to McEuen under Lone Star State law.

The underlying incident occurred on May 1, 2023, on Neal Road in Forney – a small town located roughly 25 miles due east of Dallas.

That day, Aaron Martinez, 35, died after being shot 32 times by McEuen, following several instances of harassment.

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