A Texas man has been sentenced to more than 20 years in prison after being convicted of murdering his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend after the woman broke up with him over his infidelity.
Austin Hoff, 29, was sentenced this week to 23 years in prison for shooting and killing 23-year-old Steven Senter in the Houston area in 2016, a Press Edition of the Harris County DA’s Office said.
Hoff convinced his girlfriend to move with him from Spring, Texas to Austin, Texas where he worked as an auto mechanic before eventually cheating on her and she moved back to Spring.
After that, Hoff began stalking and harassing the woman.
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On September 5, 2016, Hoff was waiting outside his ex-girlfriend’s house when she arrived home, accompanied by Senter, her new boyfriend.
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Hoff tried to force his way in as Senter tried to stop him. After a struggle ensued, Hoff shot Senter in the chest, killing him.
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Hoff took his shirt off and fled back to Austin, Texas, before eventually returning after being convinced by his father. When he returned, police found the shirt and gun in his car and both were covered in Senter’s blood.
The press release stated that the 23-year sentence had been handed down “apparently in homage to Senter’s age when he was killed”.
“Cases like this are why we take stalking and intimate partner violence so seriously,” said Harris County District Attorney Kim Ogg. “This man decided to lie in wait for three hours for his ex-girlfriend to arrive at her own house. When she arrived with her new boyfriend, he tried to force his way into the house, eventually shooting and killing the new boyfriend .”
