SAN ANTONIO — A San Antonio stepfather and stepson have been found guilty of murder for a 2020 shooting death in east Bexar County.
A jury deliberated for about three hours Monday before returning the verdict for both men.
Josh Fowler, 24, died in a fight involving knives and handguns. Now Lane Wootan and his stepfather, Williams Blackenship, will be sentenced to prison for killing Fowler during what was described as a drug-fueled fight.
Later, Josh's mother, Jennifer Blackenship, was also sentenced to eight years in prison for her role in the incident; she was convicted of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
Defense attorneys on Monday argued that Fowler started the argument by hitting Wootan in the head and knocking him out, before trying to stab him with a knife. They say Blankenship fired at Fowler to save his stepson.
Prosecutors provided a different story, saying it was the now-convicted pair who sparked the fatal confrontation by tracking down Fowler and smashing the windows of his car to draw him into a fight.
The sentencing phase of the trial is next.
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