That night would come to be known as the Trinity River Massacre, one of the deadliest attacks on law enforcement in the city’s history that yielded one of the largest manhunts the state had ever seen.
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Joseph Aparicio pleaded guilty to the shooting death of 19-year-old Janeecia Mason. He was sentenced on Friday.