AUSTIN, Texas — A jury in Williamson County has convicted man of murder in the shooting death of a 30-year-old man in Cedar Park in 2021.
On Wednesday, the jury convicted 33-year-old Hector De Jesus Villatoro-Guevara of murder and sentenced him to 45 years in prison on Thursday after determining that Villatoro-Guevara shot and killed 30-year-old Cameron Wilcox as he was unloading groceries outside of his home on July 7, 2021.
Investigators discovered that Villatoro-Guevara had gotten into a conflict at an H-E-B store, where he was shopping with his daughters and encountered Wilcox and the girls' mother in the checkout line. A confrontation ensued, and Villatoro-Guevara followed Wilcox and the girls' mother home.
Villatoro-Guevara parked at the end of the driveway, grabbed a handgun and opened a closed gate to enter the driveway, before firing two shots in the air and then shooting Wilcox.
Villatoro-Guevara was then later arrested by DPS troopers in Leander.
Trial Division Chief Mike Waldman and Assistant District Attorney Edward Wilkinson prosecuted the case.
“This case is a tragic example of how a disagreement or argument can escalate into a deadly confrontation when a gun is involved. We are pleased that justice has been served for Cameron Wilcox and his family. My office will continue to seek justice for the victims of senseless gun violence within our community,” Williamson County District Attorney Shawn Dick said after the verdict.