TYLER, Texas — A jury has found Martin Wesley Reynolds Jr., 25, of Whitehouse, guilty of murder in connection with the 2017 shooting death of Andrew Carpenter.
Sentencing for Reynolds will begin at 9 a.m. Thursday.
Reynolds has been held in the Smith County Jail on $750,000 bond since his arrest on Nov. 5, 2017.
According to police documents, Reynolds and Carpenter argued on the phone. Officials say Carpenter told Reynolds if he showed up at a mutual friend’s residence on Deerwood Dr. in Tyler, Carpenter would put a gun to Reynolds’ head.
Authorities say Nathan Ryan Garcia drove Reynolds from Whitehouse to Tyler to confront Carpenter, and Colton Wade Tate gave Reynolds a pistol.
During court on Tuesday, Garcia said he knew potential for violence was high, but he believed the confrontation would be just amount to a fistfight.
