UPDATE: Lubbock Man Sentenced To Life In Prison For “Horrific Abuse” of a Child

Here's an update to story we reported on earlier in the week.

A Lubbock man, David Minor, will spend the rest of his life in prison for committing "horrific abuse to a Lubbock child."

Minor Accused of "Horrific Abuse"

Minor was indicted in 2021 when he was accused of repeatedly beating household members.

During the trial and according to court documents, Minor was accused of throwing objects, hitting and/or punching children, and in September 2021 he was accused of putting a loaded gun into a child's mouth and threatened to shoot.

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According to KAMC, prosecutor Abigail Brown said the abuse happened for years.

Minor waited for the perfect opportunity to abuse the child, Brown said. She described incidents of knives being thrown, and the child being beaten with sticks.

“This was horrific abuse over the course of years,” Brown said

David Minor Sentenced to Life in Prison

A jury on Wednesday found Minor guilty of Aggravated Assault with a Deadly Weapon. On Thursday, Minor learned his fate. But before, prosecutors continued to paint a twisted and dark picture of the Minor home according to KAMC.

One of the brothers testified that Minor choked all of them and dragged them around by the arm or hair. One brother said they lived in fear every day, and when they moved out, they could finally live like normal kids.

The jury on Thursday came back with a life sentence for David Minor. That was the maximum he could have received.