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Texas Man Receives 40-Year Sentence in Road Rage Shooting Death of Restaurant Owner

by Indira Patel

Houston, TX – In a courtroom decision that underscored the severe consequences of road rage, 26-year-old Messiah Pickens-McCoy was sentenced to 40 years in prison for the murder of 67-year-old Gregory Sharretts. The sentencing followed Pickens-McCoy’s guilty plea in a case that shook the Texas City community on January 26, 2022.

The fatal incident, captured on dashcam video, occurred when Sharretts and Pickens-McCoy simultaneously attempted to merge into the same lane on Highway 3, leading to a heated altercation. Pickens-McCoy escalated the confrontation by firing several shots at Sharretts’ truck, tragically resulting in Sharretts being hit in the back of the head and killed instantly.

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The Galveston County District Attorney’s Office highlighted the clear evidence provided by the dashcam footage, which depicted a hand wielding a handgun from Pickens-McCoy’s vehicle window, discharging multiple rounds.

In the aftermath of the shooting, a police officer, responding to the sound of gunfire, pursued a vehicle clocked at speeds exceeding 100 mph. The chase concluded with the arrest of Pickens-McCoy, during which authorities discovered a 9 mm Glock pistol and a spent shell casing in proximity to the windshield wipers of his car.

The victim, a well-regarded restaurant owner and grandfather, leaves behind a grieving family and community. His widow, Dee Byrd-Sharretts, expressed her profound loss and the senselessness of the violence in an interview, highlighting the irreplaceable void left by Sharretts’ untimely death.

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