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Rashad Owens Sentenced To Life Without Parole For Deadly SXSW Crash In 2014

Ashley Park/KUT

Rashad Owens was found guilty of capital murder today for the killing of four people in Austin in the deadly 2014 SXSW crash.

Owens killed four people, including a Fort Worth teen, when he accelerated through a festival crowd last year. Authorities say Owens was intoxicated at the time of the incident.

He faces a mandatory life sentence of life in prison with no parole.

The Austin American Statesman has been live tweeting and live streaming the trial, which began on Monday.