Texan gets life for killing four with car at music festival

A man charged with killing four people by plowing his car into a crowd at the South by Southwest (SXSW) festival last year was found guilty of capital murder by a Texas jury on Friday and sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Prosecutors said Rashad Owens, 23, acted with intent and malice when he sent bodies flying in the air and traveled at high speed for several city blocks, leaving nearly 30 victims and a trail of blood in his wake. Owens, who was driving while intoxicated, evaded a police check point on March 13, 2014, and drove at about 55 mph (90 kph) into crowds of people, some lined up for nightclubs, until his car crashed.