Lamont Reese
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Lamont D. "Mont" Reese, a 28-year-old male, was executed by lethal injection
at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas
on June 20, 2006. Reese was found guilty of the 1999 murder of three black males: Riki Jackson, 17, Alonzo Stewart, 25, and Anthony Roney, 26. Reese, who was 21-years old when he committed the capital crime, was sentenced to death on January 18, 2001.
convenience store. After an exchange of words, Kimbrough, Reese, and three black males, Brian Kenson Johnson, 19, Steven Lamont Kindred, 16, and Jason Montel Leadley, 14, left the store. Kimbrough drove them back to the store armed where Reese shot and fatally wounded Jackson, Stewart, and Roney injuring an unidentified 13 and 24 year-old.
After the murders Reese and his friends returned to Kimbrough’s home where they bragged about their crime. One of the men told another man who had not participated in the shooting that Reese had shot three people with an assault rifle, and Reese did not dispute this statement. Reese boasted that he got the men who were at the pay phone at the store.
On the heels of his arrest police impounded Reese's vehicle and found five live cartridges in the glove compartment that were identical to several live rounds of ammunition discovered at the crime scene. After his arrest Reese approached the jailer and asked if he was classified as a “celebrity inmate.” The jailer responded that Tarrant County had no such classification but instead classified appropriate inmates as “high profile.” When he assured Reese that he would check on his classification Reese announced, “Hell, I killed three people.”
On May 25, 1999, Reese was indicted in Tarrant County. On November 30, 2000, he was convicted of capital murder. On November 6, 2002, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
affirmed his conviction and sentence. Reese had to be carried to the death chamber, refusing to walk there. In his final statement
, he explained, "I am not going to play a part in my own murder. No one should have to do that." Accomplices, Kimbrough, Johnson, Kindred, and Leadley, were also convicted of capital murder, and sentenced to life, 50 years, 45 years, and 30 years, respectively.
Lethal injection
Lethal injection is the practice of injecting a person with a fatal dose of drugs for the express purpose of causing the immediate death of the subject. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broad sense to euthanasia and suicide...
at the Texas State Penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas
Huntsville, Texas
Huntsville is a city in and the county seat of Walker County, Texas, United States. The population was 35,508 at the 2010 census. It is the center of the Huntsville micropolitan area....
on June 20, 2006. Reese was found guilty of the 1999 murder of three black males: Riki Jackson, 17, Alonzo Stewart, 25, and Anthony Roney, 26. Reese, who was 21-years old when he committed the capital crime, was sentenced to death on January 18, 2001.
Crimes
On March 1, 1999, Riki Jackson, Alonzo Stewart, and Anthoney Roney flirted with Reese’s 18-year-old girlfriend, Kareema S. Kimbrough, outside a Fort Worth, TexasFort Worth, Texas
Fort Worth is the 16th-largest city in the United States of America and the fifth-largest city in the state of Texas. Located in North Central Texas, just southeast of the Texas Panhandle, the city is a cultural gateway into the American West and covers nearly in Tarrant, Parker, Denton, and...
convenience store. After an exchange of words, Kimbrough, Reese, and three black males, Brian Kenson Johnson, 19, Steven Lamont Kindred, 16, and Jason Montel Leadley, 14, left the store. Kimbrough drove them back to the store armed where Reese shot and fatally wounded Jackson, Stewart, and Roney injuring an unidentified 13 and 24 year-old.
After the murders Reese and his friends returned to Kimbrough’s home where they bragged about their crime. One of the men told another man who had not participated in the shooting that Reese had shot three people with an assault rifle, and Reese did not dispute this statement. Reese boasted that he got the men who were at the pay phone at the store.
On the heels of his arrest police impounded Reese's vehicle and found five live cartridges in the glove compartment that were identical to several live rounds of ammunition discovered at the crime scene. After his arrest Reese approached the jailer and asked if he was classified as a “celebrity inmate.” The jailer responded that Tarrant County had no such classification but instead classified appropriate inmates as “high profile.” When he assured Reese that he would check on his classification Reese announced, “Hell, I killed three people.”
On May 25, 1999, Reese was indicted in Tarrant County. On November 30, 2000, he was convicted of capital murder. On November 6, 2002, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
Texas Court of Criminal Appeals
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals is the court of last resort for all criminal matters in the State of Texas, United States. The Court, which is based in the Supreme Court Building in Downtown Austin, is composed of a Presiding Judge and eight judges....
affirmed his conviction and sentence. Reese had to be carried to the death chamber, refusing to walk there. In his final statement
Final statement
When a criminal is convicted and sentenced to capital punishment, the criminal can make a final statement, or his "last words", before being executed. Much of the time, the last word is an apology to family, friends, or God. Sometimes though, a final statement includes words of hatred, disgust, or...
, he explained, "I am not going to play a part in my own murder. No one should have to do that." Accomplices, Kimbrough, Johnson, Kindred, and Leadley, were also convicted of capital murder, and sentenced to life, 50 years, 45 years, and 30 years, respectively.