Man sentenced to 25 years in prison for fatal shooting in Southeast Austin in 2023

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Jorge Flores-Duran has been charged with murder in the death of Isaias Martinez. (Austin Police)

AUSTIN, Texas – A man arrested in a fatal shooting in Southeast Austin in 2023 was convicted.

Jorge Flores Duran, 62, was charged with the August 2023 murder of 54-year-old Isaias Martinez.

Austin police said that on August 8, 2023, officers responded to a shooting on Lee Drive near Hoeke Lane, close to the airport.

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Officers found Martinez dead at the scene. Flores-Duran said the two got into an argument and admitted shooting Martinez.

Flores-Duran pleaded guilty to the murder in September 2024 before jury selection for his trial was set to begin.

He was sentenced to 25 years in prison.