Man convicted of murder in 2017 road rage incident
Juan Carbajal-Jaimes (file photo)
AUSTIN, Texas - A 25-year-old man has been convicted of shooting and killing another man in a road rage incident in 2017.
Juan Carbajal Jaimes was convicted by a Travis County jury on May 22 of the murder of 48-year-old Alfred Lockett of Killeen.
Jaimes has been sentenced to 10 years in prison after a finding of "sudden passion," says the Travis County District Attorney's Office.
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Austin police said in 2017 that Lockett had been driving his car near Parmer Lane and Dessau Road in Northeast Austin before he encountered Jaimes. APD said that there was a crash between the vehicles that started the incident.
Police say Lockett followed Jaimes into a nearby CVS parking lot and at that point, Jaimes got out and shot Lockett before driving off. Before Lockett was killed, he had taken a picture of Jaimes' license plate and a photo of Jaimes pointing his finger.
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Jaimes' car was found off Yager Lane, but he was not found. When officers found the Toyota abandoned, they found financial documents from Mexico inside, plus a bumper in the backseat.
Police say Jaimes fled to Mexico and a warrant was issued for his arrest. He was later found and extradited to the U.S. in January 2023.