A 29-year-old Georgia man was sentenced to life in prison Monday after pleading guilty to the June 2024 murder of his father, a retired U.S. Army master sergeant and Crowley ISD JROTC instructor, in Fort Worth.

Life sentence A Tarrant County jury sentenced Xavier Bass, 29, to life in prison for the fatal shooting of 54-year-old Gene General Bass.

Timeline: Prosecutors said Xavier Bass spent months planning the attack before driving his Ford Mustang from Georgia to his father's home on Chesapeake Bay Drive in South Fort Worth on June 28, 2024.