On the morning of February 7, 1992, Curtis Windom learned that Johnnie Lee, an acquaintance who owed him nearly $2,000, had just won approximately $100 at the dog track. Windom assured Jack Luckett, the man who had told him about Lee’s winnings, that he was going to kill Lee and that Luckett would be sure to read about it.

That same day, Windom purchased a .38 caliber revolver from Walmart, as verified by the sales receipt.

The clerk who sold him the gun testified that Windom was as “calm as could be.”

Following the purchase, Windom located Lee, who was talking to two women by the side of the road. Windom pulled up beside Lee and shot him twice in the back. Windom then got out of the car and shot Lee again at very close range.

Windom then ran towards the apartment complex where his girlfriend, Valerie Davis, and her mother, Mary Lubin, lived. Windom, who shared a child with Davis, had lived with her intermittently. Cassandra Hall, a friend of Davis’, had just arrived at the apartment and witnessed Windom shoot Davis once in the chest. Hall noted that Davis was shot and killed without provocation.

As Windom fled the apartment, he encountered Kenneth Williams, who he shot in the chest at a very close range. Williams survived the shooting. Williams noted that before Windom shot him, he looked abnormal and visibly disturbed.

Windom fled behind Brown’s Bar, where several men attempted to take the gun away from him.

By this time, Mary Lubin, the mother of victim Valerie Davis, had learned that her daughter had been shot and was on her way home.

Windom saw Lubin stopped at a stop sign and approached her vehicle. Windom said something to Lubin before shooting her twice and killing her.

Windom was convicted of three counts of First-Degree Murder and one count of Attempted First-Degree Murder.

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