Overview

• Turner reached the plea agreement on June 23, 2025, just before jury selection in his trial for the October 2023 shooting.
• The court imposed a 12-year term for aggravated assault and a concurrent 10-year term for unlawfully carrying a firearm on fairgrounds.
• Three fairgoers—Cade Kelly, Stephen Wright and Andrea Silva—suffered non-life-threatening injuries in the food-court shooting.
• Turner told police he fired three to four shots in self-defense after a verbal dispute and said he believed his family was in danger.
• In 2024 the State Fair of Texas enacted a total firearms ban, a policy the Texas Supreme Court upheld against challenges from Attorney General Ken Paxton.