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Man Who Sold Rifle To Odessa Shooter Sentenced To Federal Prison
LUBBOCK, TX After pleading guilty in October, the man who sold the AR-15-style rifle to the Odessa shooter has been sentenced to two years in federal prison.
Marcus Anthony Braziel, 45, of Lubbock had previously pled guilty to unlicensed firearms dealing and concealing the proceeds from weapons sales from the IRS.
Braziel was charged after investigators discovered he sold Seth Ator the rifle used to kill 7 people and wound 25 others.
Ayor had previously been identified as mentally defective and was prohibited by law from possessing a firearm.
After being barred from buying a weapon at a sporting goods store due to his mental status, Ayor sought to purchase a gun from Braziel, who did not run background checks.
Jan 8, 2021
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) The man who sold an AR-15-style rifle used in a 2019 mass shooting that killed seven people in West Texas was sentenced Thursday to two years in federal prison, prosecutors said.
Marcus Anthony Braziel, 45, of Lubbock pleaded guilty in October to unlicensed firearms dealing and concealing the proceeds from weapons sales from the IRS.
Braziel admitted selling the rifle that Seth Aaron Ator, of Odessa, used when he killed seven people and wounded 25 others in the Midland-Odessa area. The rampage ended when police shot Ator dead.
According to court documents, Braziel admitted selling Ator an AR-15-style rifle on Oct. 8, 2016 nearly three years before the Aug. 31, 2019, shooting rampage.
Edwin Peregrino (25) of Odessa
Mary Granados (29) of Odessa
Kameron Karltess Brown (30) of Brownwood
Raul Garcia (35) of El Paso
Joe Griffith (40) of Odessa
Rodolfo Julio Arco (57) of Odessa
Braziel admitted that he sold the shooter an AR-15-style rifle in October 2016, about three years before the gun was used to commit the mass shooting. Just days after the shooting occurred, federal agents raided Braziel s home in Lubbock.
The court ordered Braziel to surrender himself before 2 p.m. on April 7th, 2021.
The judge noted that Braziel, who works as a respiratory therapist in a medical facility in Brownfield, is needed as a frontline healthcare worker.
Seller of gun used in 2019 Texas mass shooting gets 2 years
January 7, 2021 GMT
LUBBOCK, Texas (AP) The man who sold an AR-15-style rifle used in a 2019 mass shooting that killed seven people in West Texas was sentenced Thursday to two years in federal prison, prosecutors said.
Marcus Anthony Braziel, 45, of Lubbock pleaded guilty in October to unlicensed firearms dealing and concealing the proceeds from weapons sales from the IRS.
Braziel admitted selling the rifle that Seth Aaron Ator, of Odessa, used when he killed seven people and wounded 25 others in the Midland-Odessa area. The rampage ended when police shot Ator dead.