AUSTIN, Texas — A Travis County jury has convicted a man of murder in connection with a 2024 shooting that killed a man in northeast Austin.
The Travis County District Attorney’s Office announced on Thursday that 32-year-old Lavonta Harrison was found guilty of murdering 33-year-old Shelby Wayne Cody.
Jury selection began on Monday, Feb. 2, and prosecutors started presenting evidence the following day. On Thursday, Feb. 5, jurors deliberated for about an hour before returning a guilty verdict. Harrison was sentenced the next day to 40 years in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice…