A Dallas County jury has sentenced 35-year-old Devonte Webber to life in prison for a wrong-way crash in late 2024 that killed 36-year-old U.S. Air Force veteran Joel Jusino. Investigators say a stolen SUV, allegedly driven by Webber as he tried to elude officers, slammed head-on into Jusino’s car on the I-35E service road near Inwood Road. His family told reporters Jusino left behind a 4-year-old son and a girlfriend.
Verdict and sentence
The jury returned a guilty verdict and a life sentence late last week, according to NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. Prosecutors had charged Webber with murder and with evading arrest with a vehicle causing death in connection with the fatal collision.
How the chase unfolded
Authorities say the pursuit started in Fort Worth, then continued along Chisholm Trail Parkway and Highway 183 before entering Dallas, where the stolen 2024 Jeep Wagoneer went the wrong way on the I-35E service road and crashed into Jusino’s Audi, as reported by FOX 4 Dallas-Fort Worth. FOX 4 reported that the chase…..