{"id":452311,"date":"2026-09-30T17:50:11","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T17:50:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/452311\/"},"modified":"2026-09-30T17:50:11","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T17:50:11","slug":"man-pleads-guilty-to-murder-in-grand-prairie-robbery-killing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-tx\/452311\/","title":{"rendered":"Man pleads guilty to murder in Grand Prairie robbery-killing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The shooter who during a robbery last year killed a man inside a car in the parking lot of a Grand Prairie convenience store has pleaded guilty to murder.<\/p>\n

Keionn Winters, who was indicted on capital murder in the killing of Jose Flores<\/a>, was sentenced to 28 years in prison on the lesser-included offense of murder.<\/p>\n

Winters pleaded guilty on Thursday and was sentenced under a plea agreement with the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

Winters shot Flores, 18, on April 27, 2025, in the 2400 block of West Tarrant Road.<\/p>\n

Winters will become eligible for parole when he has served 14 years.<\/p>\n

Had Winters, 19, been found guilty of capital murder at trial, a judge would have assessed his punishment at life in prison without parole eligibility. The state waived the death penalty in the case.<\/p>\n

In Criminal District Court No. 1 in Tarrant County, Judge Elizabeth Beach sentenced Winters.<\/p>\n

Flores went from the car to the store for help after he was shot, according to the district attorney\u2019s office. He was pronounced dead at a hospital. Winters left the scene before officers arrived. Law enforcement officers arrested him a month later.<\/p>\n

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