Man gets 50 years after pleading guilty to murder in Fort Worth shooting over drug debt
A man who shot and killed a 40-year-old after a fight outside a Fort Worth motel in 2020 has pleaded guilty to murder, according to a news release from the Tarrant County Criminal District Attorney’s Office.
Brent Crenshaw, 39, was sentenced by a judge to 50 years in prison, according to the DA’s office.
Police said in a 2020 arrest warrant affidavit that Crenshaw shot Lueseais Steward in the chest the morning of Aug. 29, 2020, outside the Eco Motel on East Lancaster Avenue after a fight over drug money owed to Crenshaw.
Crenshaw was arrested five days later.
Police said the fight and shooting were recorded on video by a motel surveillance camera. One witness told police that Crenshaw was trying to collect a drug debt and two others told them he accused Steward of theft after the victim arrived on a motorcycle.
Police arrived at the scene and found Steward lying in front of the motel. He was taken to John Peter Smith Hospital, where he died.
A police record from the time listed the motel as Crenshaw’s home address. He left the scene after shooting Steward, police said at the time.
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