MACON, Ga. (WGXA) -- Eyewitness testimonies and video evidence have led to the conviction of a man charged with murder after he shot a man during a robbery in 2020.
According to District Attorney Anita Howard, four eyewitnesses testified against 23-year-old Ja'Qwaray Hollingshed and video evidence corroborated their accounts.
The video captured Hollingshed walking up to a truck where 49-year-old Ruben Romero Gonzales was listening to music, firing one shot and killing Gonzales during a robbery.
Among Gonzales' family members in attendance at court on Monday was his 11-year-old daughter who watched on as Hollingshed pled guilty to taking her father's life.
Hollingshed pled guilty to malice murder, possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and has been sentenced to life plus five years in prison.