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Texas man charged with murder after he posed as an underage minor to meet and kill a convicted sex offender.
22-year-old James Spencer III allegedly shot and killed 37-year-old Sean Connery Showers.
According to police, Spencer posed as a minor online.
He then lured Showers in with sex.
The pair decided to meet up. Showers approached Spencer’s car and was immediately shot dead.
He was found in a ditch.
Showers pleaded guilty to having child sex abuse material in 2009. He was sentenced to 30 months in prison and also two years in 2019 for not registering as a sex offender.