Hitman 'hired by jealous woman' to shoot rival given death penalty

A hitman who killed a jealous woman's love rival in the parking lot of her upmarket Dallas apartment has been given the death penalty.

Kristopher Love, 34, was found guilty of capital murder in a Dallas courtroom last Thursday for shooting Kendra Hatcher, 35, in the head in September 2015.

Jurors heard how Love was recruited for the killing, allegedly by 36-year-old Brenda Delgado who wanted revenge after Hatcher began dating her ex Ricardo Paniagua.

On Wednesday, a jury took three hours to vote to condemn him to death by lethal injection.

Love becomes the first man sent to death row from Dallas county since 2013.

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