Texas gunman sentenced to 60 years for randomly murdering TCU student outside bar as parents rip killer: Dark and ugly soul

A crazed Texas gunman was sentenced to 60 years in prison for randomly shooting a Texas Christian University student three times, including once in the back of the head, as the victim’s father slammed the killer’s “dark and ugly soul.”Matthew Purdy pleaded guilty on Thursday to fatally shooting 21-year-old Wes Smith outside “Your Mom’s House” bar in the West 7th District of Fort Worth, Texas, just after 1 a.m.on Sept.

1, 2023.Smith, a walk-on at the private D1 FBS school during the 2021 season, was getting his friend into a car to go home when Purdy approached him, the Tarrant County District Attorney’s Office said.Purdy, who was 21 at the time of the shooting, approached Smith to ask if he knew who his father was before pulling out a gun and shooting the TCU student, WFAA reported, citing a police affidavit.The junior finance major was struck twice by the crazed gunman’s bullets, once in the stomach and another in the shoulder, before collapsing to the ground.Purdy shot Smith a third time in the back of the head as the student lay on the sidewalk to make sure he was dead, the gunman told police, according to the outlet.During the chaos, Purdy pistol-whipped an 18-year-old woman attempting to flee the area.Purdy was arrested by police two blocks from the shooting scene.Purdy, now 23, told investigators he physically attacked the unidentified teen woman and would’ve shot more people, but he had run out of ammo, according to KXAS-TV.He was expected to stand trial in July.His defense team had filed for an insanity defense, claiming Purdy suffered from schizophrenia and fetal alcohol spectrum disorder, the local station reported.His attorneys also claimed Purdy’s mother had a history of mental health illnesses and abused drugs and alcohol during the pregnancy.

Purdy pleaded guilty to Smith’s murder, the aggravated assault against the teen and eight other felonies, including robbery, credit card abuse and evidence tampering.The murder carried 60...