Death Penalty Sought In Pottawatomie County Slaying

A prosecutor has announced he will seek the death penalty for an 18-year-old Asher man charged in the shooting death of an East Central University student.

Jerrod Murray is charged with first-degree murder in the Dec. 6 shooting death of 18-year-old Generro Sanchez of Stuart. Both were students at ECU in Ada at the time.

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District Attorney Richard Smothermon said in court papers that Sanchez begged for his life before Murray shot him in the head twice as Sanchez was driving Murray to a nearby store. The document says the car the two were in crashed into a tree and Murray then shot Sanchez a third time in the head.

Murray has pleaded not guilty.

A preliminary hearing in the case is scheduled for Friday in Pottawatomie County District Court.