A Mobile man will spend the rest of his life in prison after a jury found him guilty of capital murder in the death of his ex-wife’s boyfriend on Christmas Eve 2021.

According to the Mobile District Attorney’s Office, Murice Devell Sashington broke into the home of his ex-wife, Shanda Avery, and waited to ambush her and her boyfriend, 40-year-old Quincy Kemp of Prichard.

When Avery and Kemp arrived, Sashington shot and killed Kemp and also shot and wounded Avery, although she survived.

Sashington fled the area and remained at large until May 2022, when he was taken into custody in Nevada and extradited back to Mobile. He has been held without bond in Mobile Metro Jail ever since.

Sashington, 40, was not only found guilty of capital murder in Kemp’s death, but the jury found him guilty of the attempted murder of Avery, as well.

“This case is an example of a planned attack in which the perpetrator was lying in wait for the victims as they returned home on the evening of Christmas Eve, 2021,” said Mobile County District Attorney Keith Blackwood. “They were ambushed and shot in a fit of rage and jealousy, leaving 40-year-old Quincy Kemp dead and Shanda Avery injured. What was supposed to be a joyous night ended up being a nightmare.”

Sashington is scheduled to be sentenced June 11. The capital murder conviction carries a mandatory sentence of life in prison without possibility of parole.