San Antonio man sentenced to 50 years in prison for shooting death of convenience store owner

Zion Talavera is accused of being one of two men who went on a string of aggravated robberies in 2019 and shot 58-year-old store owner Gemunu Gamarachchilage.

[@jay-t1030]

Imagine ruining your entire life at the age of 18. 😐

[@prokesuk]

Imagine having your life taken from you at any age.

[@henrykirk4457]

No steak, no beer, no women, no sunsets and family dinners....he now has a lifetime of regret to think about his actions.

[@joshuaavila9710]

Just dick for him for the next 50 years. Good. That’s what they get.

[@Mr.paint123]

@@henrykirk4457 oh, he’s going to get laid and lose his virginity, BUTT …. I don’t think he is going to like it

[@j.r.r.toking]

@@prokesuk I agree with you completely. He chose to ruin his own life. His victims were not given the same courtesy.

[@mikee4430]

RIP JAMES HE WAS A REAL ONE!! I had no money just getting on my feet & he would let me open up a tab I paid him back end of the week.. after I got on my feet I came back he said I know your doing good brother because I haven’t seen you around here anymore ✊🏼

[@getminesallday24]

@@jackedkerouac4414 just like I got of top ur bitxh after she met my needs or do u prefer ur mom

[@skimaskgank9224]

@@jackedkerouac4414 He Said He Came Back Tho

[@RUBIJOY517]

❤❤❤

[@caligrowntrees3550]

@@jackedkerouac4414 or he got himself a nice lil job and was able to relocate himself up out the hood to a better place

[@marquisejackson6482]

Hi Mike, this is James nephew, the receipts actually showed that you still have a tab open for $231.32 did you want to do cash or check?

[@unknownoutdoors530]

Give him 100 years for that haircut, Also arrest his barber!!

[@GregLopez75]

That Edgar haircut should enhance sentencing guidelines.

[@lb56az40]

I saw in another crime news out of Huston area 5 young men with similar haircuts getting arrested for murder. Must signify a gang.

[@myfirstnamemylastname1992]

Haircut fresh

[@Quagmire123]

That edgar haircut should be a warning sign to stay away from them if you want to live.

[@matimi0sbackflip455]

@@myfirstnamemylastname1992 haircut as stupid as your username

[@peterodriguez9818]

These young punks can't fight no more with hands

[@johnnybandit5141]

That new culture

[@gfbmusic]

The guy wasn't trying to fight anyone. Do you feel the same way about cars?? "These young punks can't walk anywhere anymore!" -Pete Rodriguez

[@peterodriguez9818]

@@gfbmusic sorry you don't even know what I'm talking about I live in San Antonio Texas

[@gfbmusic]

@@peterodriguez9818 WHAT R U TALKING ABOUT THEN?? EXPLAIN FOR THE NON-SAN ANTONIO NATIVES..

[@user-sg2bp5vh7e]

@@gfbmusic 😂😂

[@Mr.paint123]

$2,000,000 in restitution Not even in 10 life sentences will this criminal be able to pay that back

[@keriezy]

What it does mean is he's going to get a job in prison. Everything he earns will go to his debt. He will have to love Big Bubba if he wants some toothpaste.

[@BlazeEst]

10 life times 🤣💀

[@YAK_INC]

How is he going to pay that if he’s in jail

[@JayJay-he9bk]

@@YAK_INC that’s my question

[@ju4121]

@@JayJay-he9bk by not gaging

[@j.r.r.toking]

He asked for leniency when this was his fourth offense. That PoS does not deserve a plea deal (the DA should not have offered him one). He killed a hard working man that was earning an honest living. My heart goes out to the victim's family but I hope this punk is put in general population.

[@skimaskgank9224]

Nothing Going To Happen To Him If He's In General Population. You Think Convicts Care About What He Did? There's Other POS In There For Worst Crimes.

[@Illmatic-oh7gj]

Even if he is in protective custody 50 years isolated will not be fun

[@user-sg2bp5vh7e]

@@Illmatic-oh7gj you’re not isolated in protective custody lol

[@Illmatic-oh7gj]

@@user-sg2bp5vh7e I think I know what I’m talking about young man 23 hours a day in your cell is isolation

[@user-sg2bp5vh7e]

@@Illmatic-oh7gj I don’t think u know how prisons/jails work lol ur not 23 hours in a cell just cause ur in pc buddy 😂

[@jbirddaword3685]

Perfect example of someone who will never learn his lesson and needs to be kept away forever

[@glasscleaner8970]

Drugs are to blame for 60 percent of violence

[@sammyjammy6647]

They should sue the parents that spawned this demon

[@bayareaplaya6004]

That makes no sense

[@Hummdulala]

Use your head and common sense

[@drugsAreCrazy-yx6ft]

​@@bayareaplaya6004makes cents to me😂😅

[@Highf20]

Rest in heaven with my condolences to his wife and her struggle

[@Hastalaverga420]

Generic comment

[@liljonthetrack98]

Love how all these defendants are so well behaved while out on bail. Smh

[@tomas23x]

Need to bring back death penalty and be taking out with in few Months not years do it and they will think twice before they commit a crime .

[@fartgangtv9143]

It was a death penalty case but they offered him a plea deal. They shouldn't have done that.

[@Moodymooch]

The average cost of the death penalty is nearly three times higher than that of life without parole, according to Houlé’s coalition. That translates to an average of $3.8 million for the death penalty versus an average of $1.3 million for life without parole, according to a 2015 analysis by the Law Office of Texas Defense Attorney Fred Dahr.

[@Moodymooch]

Death penalty doesn’t prevent crime does prevent idiots from procreation

[@ftwitsucks]

@@Moodymooch It only equates to that much because they WANT it to be that expensive. They're pulling the wool over your eyes so beautifully.

[@enjoystraveling]

@@Moodymooch if they’re given life in prison, they still come up for parole and they still have a possibility to appeal so they could get out to cause more harm to innocent people.

[@chiodeguate1]

Imagine being this kid, looking in the mirror and thinking you;re a tough-guy...

[@jasonjackson5696]

He should get another 20 years for that haircut 😂😂😂

[@uMADden]

Dude broke went on a robbery spree, what makes you think he got millions to pay back restitutions

[@Hek323]

What a Punk

[@franktovar2924]

Sorry to say but this is the society we live in and these young kids don't respect life thanks to their parents...I wish they would realize that there is an afterlife and we will all meet our maker, these young kids have what's coming to them here and later

[@austinblues]

It's not just the parents .. ofcourse they have the major share of it but I think society as a whole in America is contributing to it .. when gangsters are being portrayed as celebrities on TV and they becoming idols for younger generation .. smoking weed is promoted by them as being cool .. what do you expect loose end kids to become ?? Once you get into drugs you have no control of your brain .. snoop dog is making millions by telling the country how he smokes weed .. while the younger generations are becoming toxic .. America should wake up

[@killuminati1940]

With the EDGAR haircut wtf lol

[@mrch33sehed93]

They should make time served back to back, not concurrently. What's the point of even sentencing them for the other charges 🤦‍♂️

[@juanayala1079]

Lets say do to a technicality the murder charge gets over turned and found not guilty of murder then he still guilty of the roberry and will do the 20, each charge has its sentence because during appeals they sometimes overturn convictions

[@adotintheshark4848]

Keeps them from being eligible for parole.

[@deus4992]

Edgars be tripping

[@hendrikvandermerwe4978]

This sentence is a slap and an insult to the family of the victim. His wife will not have her husband back in 50 years time! Had the victim been a judge, a politician or some political figure, this murderer would have been sentenced to death or natural life in prison with ZERO chances for parole. The judge just pretty much told the criminal out there that you can kill and we will be lenient on you - AS LONG as you kill "commoners", not the elite, politicians or judges! This is disgusting - and then people wonder WHY crime rates are skyrocketing!

[@AZY6IX]

50 years ain’t bad

[@ib5131]

​@@AZY6IXeven w half time that's still horrible

[@ib5131]

​@@AZY6IXShould've said no deal unless it's under a certain amount

[@HighFiveGhost50]

The judge gave the guy the maximum under the plea deal. Did you watch the video?

[@ib5131]

@HighFiveGhost50 yes I did but that is still a broad margin

[@lovingone]

I hope he truly feels remorse for what he did and thinks about everyday for the rest of his life.

[@Dan-440]

He feels bad for being caught.

[@tristan583]

Owning a running a convenience store is a dangerous job in America, something people freely do in other countries

[@kevinbest9734]

This has been encouraged and it's a shame in the old days found guilty you had 3 days to get your affairs in order.

[@kevinrayner4466]

His parents are so proud of him 😂😆😂😆😂😆

[@kevinrayner4466]

Looks like a real winner out on bond go figure ...

[@tednguyen7258]

they are sending us there wieners

[@MrWatts-dz6fb]

😞 the death of loved ones in this life is so excruciating! 💔

[@shotforshot5983]

His extensive facial tattoos received while in jail awaiting trial show conclusively, to me, that he has no remorse whatsoever. He will be paroled by his mid 40's and will never repay a dime. His proper sentence should be carried out on the courthouse lawn.

[@copmy]

The monster should have been locked up for life..!

[@fdddsigns7274]

Nice haircut ese

[@theeoarsman921]

His nick name in prison is gonna be Caesar, because he's gonna be tossing everyones salad!

[@smokeymcpot69]

Why are y'all so obsessed with the s* part of prison?? 😂

[@MrDanielSolano007]

in California they would have given him probation only. Thank goodness Texas is not playing games

[@Hkanox4]

Stop it! Not even you believe this lie

[@ElGuapo408_]

You’re stupid dude he would’ve still gone to prison, idiot 🤣🤣murder is murder anywhere in this country anywhere in any state and anywhere all over the world. You will go to prison for murder anywhere bro lmfao

[@tieriel8870]

Why is he still alive? Just get rid of him all the ones in jail that murder. Why do they still keep them just lock up with free sleep, free bed, free showers, they are living on a free jail. And then they come back out doing the same thing. Just get rid of them.

[@WarriorVinyard]

Because they will have him work a job for pennies an hour. It's the new form of slavery.

[@cinematicjoe5514]

Ooooh got him. That going to be life in the next 5 years he will have to commit crime in jail to stay alive with them face tats Extending his stay

[@josepontes3849]

She should sue the courts that let him out on bond.

[@markg4042]

Let’s see how gangsta he really is now

[@marcosantos8134]

I don’t freaking understand why it takes so damn long to put this killers behind bars … shame

[@bhewi1982]

Year 2068 - Gets released from prison at 68 Court: Hey grandpa you still owe that family 2 million bucks Convict: aye carumba!

[@brucel.554]

The victim's life worth 50 years? What a joke.

[@Ryan_1997]

He’ll die in prison….

[@SuperAgentman007]

I got a question I feel sorry for the victims but this question goes towards the suspect and what you people said at the end I’m glad he’s getting 70 years in prison but your news agency said that the suspect will have to pay over $2 million in restitution he doesn’t look like he’s got two cents to rub together let alone $2 million!

[@hakimbandaru1915]

Don’t they work in jail? If so- doesn’t the small amount he make go to the victims family? You are right - homie doesn’t look like he has a penny to save his life.

[@sincityinfinity6255]

Why did he not get the death penalty or life in prison?

[@ferminvargas3298]

I can’t believe he had the gall to ask for leniency walking into court with that haircut 😂

[@px5ix4pz6j]

What a waste of a life. Another locked up punk in jail.

[@12MRJERSEY]

He's not going to do nowhere near 50 years.

[@fartgangtv9143]

@@12MRJERSEY Texas parole will hit him with a 2D denial for nature of offense everytime he comes up for it. If he does get parole he probably would have served like 45 years

[@ronaldmorrison6013]

Correction officer"Have you ever had your ish pushed in"? This idiot: No! Correction officer: "You will!!"

[@DJ-ld6du]

I feel bad for his parents crossing the border just for their child to do crimes and commit murder.

[@armandoclark5001]

That's the dam truth right there

[@getmoney6252]

How do you know there illegal immigrants?

[@drewmartinez3243]

Roots run deep in San Anto. Families been there since it was Mexico literally.

[@michaelh5965]

😂😂 GOOD ONE 👍

[@juliancast605]

Could be that his parents are from Texas ? Remember all that land is stolen

[@chrispena4582]

Life about to get extremely difficult for this kid

[@bigfish7112]

Of course, he was out on bond. They're always out on bond. These prosecutors and judges need to be held accountable. They need to be in jail without bond.

[@BlessedMav]

He’ll be 68 years old when gets out of jail. Wow

[@handsomeasiandude1126]

He eligible for parole at 47

[@arturopuebla4924]

78 when he gets out

[@sphincterlicker69]

Thats not enough, i know a 69 year old man who has a 19 year old latina girlfriend and cheated on her with her 18 year old sister and gor her pregnant. You can still live the life at that age. He needed to be sentenced to life, period.

[@dannyoceanss]

@@arturopuebla4924 u need math lessons arturo

[@arturopuebla4924]

@@dannyoceanss okay

[@JayTee2985]

Force his family and love ones including the judge who ordered his release from the previous offense to pay the $2M because he’s gonna be in prison for 70 years.

[@HipHopEmperorSalute]

The additional 20 years is ran concurrent not consecutively. Mean together with the 50 years so he's only doing 50 years. He got off easy. If the judge said consecutively it would have ran on top of the 50 totaling 70 years. He will get out around 65 to 67.

[@andie2809]

Hopefully they won't let him out ... seems like the courts keep letting violent offenders back out on the street.

[@mrs.italyd7817]

This picture says so much. These kids are loss! They truly have been led down the wrong road and you can look at them and see that they lack guidance and understanding. So sorry for the victims family 😢And I actually feel sorry for these kids who have been affected by the drill agenda that’s been pushed and fed to them since birth 😢

[@sincityinfinity6255]

Probably grew up with no dad

[@880life.7]

You’re wisdom is deep !!

[@thaistomp]

Nah, these goofies are trying too hard to be like Chicago, which is the real gangster city, since Al Capone. These Texas dudes have no idea.

[@johnnybandit5141]

They let them having that haircut in jail?

[@wood-wheel-wizard]

Wym? That Edgar fade?

[@xuxumoon4344]

Those tattoos aren't going to keep you from being somebody's girlfriend!!

[@truthtellerlikeitornottrut7735]

Broke my heart hearing how everything fell apart for the family because of one p.o.s

[@eutha6]

they should have given him 50 more years for that haircut

[@BG-qx2st]

50 years? That should’ve been a capital murder charge sounds light

[@joshuaavila9710]

It’s a plea bargain

[@sadikperez7564]

Until it's 2072

[@sadikperez7564]

@@joshuaavila9710 So.. he lost his freedom😑

[@BG-qx2st]

@@joshuaavila9710 aka soft on criminals

[@garyshrum2076]

I’m very sorry for her loss. The defendant should have been sentenced with life and no chance of parole. Why order restitution when you know it will never be paid. Our judicial system may seem to work to some but a lot more thinks that it is way too lenient.

[@VicMackeyful]

On average it costs a jail 40,000 a year to house these punks. 40k X 50 is 2million. Can't blame them for trying.

[@jessevarela]

That haircut seems to be the gift that keeps on giving. 😂

[@nb7466]

Why do they always have the simple jack haircut lol

[@MR_WANG187]

Smfh damn Edgar.

[@bambilopez3600]

First off I’m sorry for the lost of the wife idk what I would do I’d be drowning in my own tears EVERY day I’m so sorry

[@pedropablo7325]

Great reporting!

[@miguelvillarreal6659]

How can someone who is not mentally right have the power to change people's lives in an instant it's just sad

[@maalhusk]

Yup

[@adotintheshark4848]

ask the judge who granted parole.

[@fartgangtv9143]

Why even bring up the restitution? There's no way he could pay that even if he was free lol. How are they going to get that money?

[@f430ferrari5]

I actually think they should have these restitutions and they don’t stop if the victims family die. He could pay for it while in prison. We need prison reform where criminals learn a trade and can find ways to earn income via online or go out and break some rocks and clean up trash and clean up areas to help prevent brush fires etc. Any skills they learn and payment restitution can possibly lead to reduced sentences so long as they are no longer seen as a threat. The current system is terrible. The system releases criminals early and no way of supporting themselves. You cannot get out of prison until you have learned a skill and can prove you can support yourself. We need ways to stop rewarding bad and lazy behavior. You keep acting up in prison and you’re non-productive well guess what you will be executed then because you’re good for nothing.

[@fartgangtv9143]

@@f430ferrari5 I agree the prison system is messed up. But unfortunately Texas doesn't pay inmates a salary. They get paid in "good time" and privileges. So there's no way he can pay it in prison. TDC thrives off free labor. Inmates make the clothes, and mattresses, and tend the fields and farms, as well as perform maintenance wherever needed. And texas parole will always see him as a threat. He'll get hit with a 2D denial for nature of offense. If he gets parole he would have served the majority of his sentence. No point in rehabilitating this scum bag. He'll be an old man if he gets out

[@lilceaz1909]

anything owed will be taken out his tdc inmate trust fund/commissary money

[@f430ferrari5]

@@fartgangtv9143 I’m in California and all we do too often due to the trash liberals is release criminals with no consequences. Texas seems better related to the justice system. Maybe Texas doesn’t pay inmates because those who need to stay locked up are indeed kept locked up. California is the one that needs a more salary type system. California has to stop accepting homeless also. Many are from out of state. Weather is part of it but if we all realize this then something has to give. Illegals need to be addressed too. I don’t necessarily feel the crime rate is all that high but they take up too much resources. We need better sponsorship.

[@fartgangtv9143]

@@lilceaz1909 you think once he finds that out he's going to ask his family to put money on his books? Even if he did I'm sure the family will be ecstatic with the few thousand they'll get throughout his 50 year sentence lmao. It's a joke

[@markrobert6014]

When ever i feel down i watch videos like this and my situation isnt that bad after all.

[@idontknowmilk2209]

Look at his face 😂😂😂😂 50 years lmaoooo

[@Grandmatabby]

This is what I HATE seeing...this stuff can be prevented so easily if there was just 1 person speaking out to the youth, giving advice, preaching, but nooo everybody is busy watching Netflix🤨🤨

[@JustLouIt]

Can you pay restitution with food stamps??

[@marcelraaphorst1333]

50 years. Bye bye have fun , don’t drop your soap in the shower

[@ruerue9611]

Who ever let him out on bond should also be charged with his crimes.

[@gillygil766]

why was this punk able to plead down he took everything from this family plus it wasnt a one time thing

[@BlazeEst]

A life for a life

[@ahopp3629]

An eye for an eye will only end up making the whole world go blind

[@BlazeEst]

@@ahopp3629 no it doesn’t it balances the world

[@ejcarrington1314]

She jugles those spanish names like champion

[@marcotelli1601]

They live better in our jail than they do in their country.

[@keemrichhh4513]

We need to go back in time, there’s no way he caused all of this heartache and simply goes to jail like a drug deal or white collar criminal would.

[@ErickHernandez-cj6rq]

I hope he finds god for hurting this family the way he did feel so bad for them hope she over comes this so sad 😞 praying for her and her family ❤

[@denisellamas2955]

Thank you for your news today

[@theconsolekiller7113]

San Antonio Florida Man Sentenced To 50 Years In Prison For Sentencing New York Man To 50 Years In Prison Behind Bars

[@RatfromNadeaust]

Terrible. I feel more bad for the parents than I do for this guy.

[@andrewgomez1344]

Lady should of got a job instead of depending on her separate husband

[@WarriorVinyard]

she could have run the convenience store instead of letting it go to hell

[@LuisRodriguez-zi1tf]

he looked like he wanted to cry lol. you know he had a good cry in his cell

[@josephsurah8726]

Wow I feel for the wife but my question is how in the hell is this kid going to pay over 2 million dollars if he was knocking over liquor stores... 🙏 For the widowed wife 🙏

[@fredgervinm.p.3315]

He ain't...

[@SoakDisko]

Sad but LMAO @ the last part about him having to pay 2 million in restitution! Prison work pays like 4 cents an hour, bro would need to serve like 25,000 years to pay that much

[@chigozienwachukwu4786]

He should be sent to a labor camp and work non-stop.

[@jamesvanderbeek19]

Add another 10 for that clown haircut

[@roxannecg5983]

Such a sad story. To lose your loved one and to be the lost one.

[@FollowTrystocks]

Disgusting judge who gave him bond should be charged

[@87ondabeat42]

He could've been a valuable Edgar out here in these streets

[@trustyourself1254]

He deserves life in prison without possibility of parole

[@Blackadder153]

..He barely ducked the Death Penalty on a Capitol Murder charge. I guess that's the leniency he pleaded or.

[@carlsmith7796]

So sorry for Miss Linda, prayers for her may God look over her

[@timbeatty11]

We need the death penalty in all the cases like this. TX should be executing 10 a day 365/7. We also need the sentence carried out within a year of trial.

[@aztekempire]

speaking semantics can the citizens make that actually happen? is there any way to change those laws?

[@sidewalkid]

Texas is blue and doesn't have the manhood to do this

[@donaldbrooks9588]

​@@sidewalkid they ran out of lethal injections at one point years back

[@gtorm9289]

Fresh meat for the lions

[@Voltrical]

yep

[@garybrown8660]

Why didn't the DA seek the death penalty? Bexer County needs to find themselves a prosecutor with some backbone.

[@NYCBum]

Can we Rid of the whole “he will have to pay 2 million dollars in restitution” (he will NEVER pay that) 🙄

[@youngwill2709]

His face 😮

[@elainebird58]

Now that's justice...rip to her husband, sorry for your loss

[@elainebird58]

@Just Be I don't remember asking you

[@eu1776]

@@elainebird58 you posted on a world wide web. On a public "forum." Did you expect people not to respond?

[@elainebird58]

@@eu1776 did I say something about a a response? It's clear you pay no attention... And I can answer however I please, you came on MY POST,,,, GOODBYE

[@s_hrndz0119]

That wasn’t justice. Justice would be the death penalty 💀

[@mr.mendez9426]

​@justbe6387 that dude got 50 Years.. + 15 years . that's 65 Years in prison . he will never be out again. that was justice.

[@muhammaddaniyalrashid9463]

How will this Satan and evil pay $2M while in prison?

[@Chaz1724]

He deserves another 5 years for that haircut 😬

[@fuffoon]

I don't remember the initial case. Convenience store killings all blend together now along with gas stations, malls, schools, etc.

[@dplorbl]

What a lovely culture

[@Trollzarefunny]

Lmmfaoooooo Semenovzzzz are chirping 😂

[@franciscotoscano9924]

50 years I’m thinking 35 years at most

[@trill711]

Will parole out in 20-25 years for a crime that last a lifetime