Overview

• A Collin County jury convicted 44-year-old Jhirrell Harris after a three-day trial for the Nov. 15, 2023 robbery-shooting outside the Walmart on Preston Road in Frisco.
• Judge Benjamin Smith imposed life in prison without parole because prosecutors did not seek the death penalty under Texas law.
• Evidence at trial included surveillance audio of the gunfire, images tying Harris to clothing discarded near the scene, and cellular data placing an accomplice’s phone nearby.
• The attack killed customer Dung Doan, who had recently emigrated from Vietnam, and wounded Walmart employee and Army veteran Zachary Lowe.
• Alleged getaway driver Stephanie Gayden remains charged with capital murder, is free on bond, and has a status hearing scheduled for Oct. 3.