A Houston man allegedly lured a convicted sex offender to his death in what is being described as a possible act of vigilante justice.
James Lewis Spencer III, 24, shot and killed Sean Connery Showers, 37, who was found unresponsive lying in a ditch near a park on Northwood Street in the early morning hours of May 29, 2023. He was charged with murder in connection with. According to the Houston Police Department.
Spencer allegedly told someone, “I don’t believe police are doing enough to keep pedophiles incarcerated,” adding, “I don’t believe that those are the types of men who want to rob or harm.” He is said to have said, ” [because] They will do bad things to young children and others,” the affidavit filed last week in Harris County states.
Houston police said surveillance camera footage showed the vehicle slowing down near the victim, then a “series of gunshots” emanating from the vehicle before speeding off.
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James Lewis Spencer III (left) was charged with murder in connection with the shooting death of 37-year-old Sean Connery Showers in May 2023. (Houston Police Department/FOX 26)
About a month after the murder, “the defendant [the] The same comment also referred to a pedophile saying, “If the cops aren’t going to do anything, maybe you should kill the cops yourself,” the affidavit states.
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Houston police arrested Spencer on January 31 in connection with a shooting that occurred last May.
Spencer allegedly lured Showers to a nearby park on Northwood Street in Houston and killed him. (Google Maps)
Authorities said Spencer posed as a minor online and contacted Showers to discuss his sexual history with the minor and where they were meeting. Police said cell phone records appear to show Spencer going to and from the murder scene.
“The only time I’ve seen anything like this is in the movies.”
Police said Spencer admitted to owning the cellphone he used to communicate with Showers and admitted to being near the crime scene several times.
Sean Connery Showers pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography at the age of 23. (FOX 26 Houston)
According to , when Showers was 23 years old, he pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography. FOX 26 Houston.
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Andy Kahan with Crime Stoppers Houston told FOX 26 that Showers had “egregious child pornography of young children engaging in sexual acts that cannot be broadcast.”
In 2018, Sean Connery Showers was sentenced to two years in prison for entering a high school during regular school hours and failing to notify administrative offices, FOX 26 reported. (FOX 26 Houston)
He did not register as a sex offender. He was then sentenced to two years in prison in 2018 after enrolling at a high school during regular school hours without notifying the administrative office, FOX 26 reported.
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A Harris County judge on Monday increased Spencer’s bail from $250,000 to $350,000.
