Overview
- A Tarrant County jury found Martinez guilty of capital murder in the 2024 shooting deaths of Michael Cantu and Martin Hernandez Jr.
- Prosecutors said the conviction carries an automatic life sentence without the possibility of parole.
- Investigators reported that Hernandez picked up his cousin Martinez in Dallas before they went to meet Cantu in Fort Worth.
- Authorities said the three walked toward an alley behind a home in the 2400 block of Irion Avenue, where Cantu’s girlfriend later heard gunfire and called 911.
- Police saw Martinez running from the area and arrested him without incident, and jurors rejected a self‑defense claim at trial.