00:00A teen has pled guilty in the 2024 murder of 65-year-old Muhammad Pazir.
00:05He was shot and killed during an attempted carjacking outside a northeast side Walmart last April.
00:12Ken's 5's Meredith Haas was inside the courtroom and joins us live with the decision reached today.
00:22Simone, the now 14-year-old, pled guilty today to Pazir's murder.
00:27In front of the judge, he was very remorseful at one time, even crying after the state read out the
00:35victim's family's impact statement.
00:37Now, Judge Rose Sosa told the teen the family wants him to understand what he did.
00:44Sosa sentenced him to 40 years with the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
00:49He is sentenced to a charge of murder, a lesser charge than what he was facing, and that would have
00:54been capital murder.
00:55The 14-year-old will serve time for the murder of 65-year-old Muhammad Pazir just before 3 the
01:02afternoon of April 6, 2024, at the 12,600 block of Blanco Road.
01:07Pazir was shot and killed during an attempted robbery.
01:10Judge Sosa told the teen he should feel fortunate the victim's family was okay with the plea.
01:16Here's part of what Pazir's son wrote to the court.
01:19The brutal way my father's life was taken has shattered our family.
01:24My mother and sister witnessed this horrific act, and that trauma will stay with them for the rest of their
01:31lives.
01:32This act of violence that took our father's life has continued to impact our family since April 6, 2024, and
01:40will continue to do so for years to come.
01:45Now, the charge of robbery was taken out of this sentencing today.
01:49After the 14-year-old was sentenced, he told the judge he is sorry for what he did.
01:54Now the teen will be taken to juvenile jail there.
02:00He will spend 40 years there.
02:02If he is taken to the adult detention center, he will have to serve 20 years before he is eligible
02:10for parole.
02:11Meredith Haas, Kent Five.
