HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- A teen suspect was sentenced to 40 years behind bars in connection with the deadly shooting of a woman on a METRO bus in west Houston, according to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

On Oct. 14, Brayden Smith, a former student at Elsik High School, pleaded guilty to the shooting death of 25-year-old Caitlin Stup, TDCJ said.

The incident happened on Jan. 7 in the 10800 block of Richmond Avenue, where the Houston Police Department said Smith and another suspect, 18-year-old Patrick Scott, were arguing while aboard a METRO bus before gunfire broke out.