Lufkin man gets 15 years for vehicle-to-vehicle shooting death

LUFKIN, Texas (KTRE) - A Lufkin man charged with murder in 2020 pleaded guilty Tuesday.

Penny Lesauna Price, Jr., 23, was arrested on a murder charge after Elvin Alday, 19, of Lufkin, was found shot to death on Oct. 11, 2020. Price was suspected of shooting Alday while the two were in separate vehicles near the intersection of Lowery Street and North Timberland Drive. Price was seen in Judge Todd Kassaw’s court Tuesday for a hearing where he pleaded guilty to the crime.

Having forfeited his rights with the guilty plea, Price was sentenced to 15 years confinement for the crime. He received 184 days credit for time served.

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