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Man sentenced to 60 years for murder of Texas college student in random shooting
Wes Smith, a 21-year-old junior at Texas Christian University, was shot multiple times outside a Fort Worth bar in 2023, prosecutors said.
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Family of Wes Smith gives statement after his killer is sentenced
The family of Wes Smith give a statement on Thursday, June 26, 2025. In a plea bargain agreement with the Tarrant County ...
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TCU student Wes Smith shot and killed by stranger in Fort Worth, Texas - CNN
Wes Smith was standing on a sidewalk near an area bar on Friday around 1 a.m., when the suspect, Matthew Purdy Jr., 21, who was wearing a white T-shirt, dark pants, ...
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Gunman who killed TCU student Wes Smith says he would have shot others - New York Post
Wes Smith, a junior at Texas Christian University, was standing on the sidewalk near the bar Your Mom’s House in Fort Worth’s West 7th District shortly after 1 a.m. Friday when Matthew Purdy ...