Man Sentenced For Murdering Woman Who Reportedly Had Beaten Him In Basketball Game

A 32-year-old Texas man pleaded guilty to murdering a friend in 2022 after a basketball game and was sentenced to 20 years in prison in a plea deal. 

The victims mother, Andrea Womack, called Cameron Hoggs sentence a slap in the face after he struck a deal with prosecutors before a trial was set to begin in the shooting death of her 21-year-old daughter, Asia Womack, KDFW-TV in Dallas reported . 

Its a slap in the face because its pretty much saying that Asias life was only worth 20 years. Thats basically what theyre saying, Womacks mother told the TV station.

Dallas police officers responded to a report of a shooting on the night of Oct. 3, 2022, and found Womack on the sidewalk with multiple gunshot wounds, according to a news release at the time .

Police said Womack was taken to a hospital, where she was pronounced dead.

Womacks mother told KDFW in a 2022 interview that her daughter considered Hogg a friend and that the two were playing basketball in the park near her home before the shooting. 

This was supposed to be a friend of Asias. Shes eaten with the man, Andrea Womack said. Shes fed him, and he turned on her and killed her in a vicious way.

Womacks mother told KDFW that Hogg returned to the park after he became upset that her daughter had bested him in a pick-up game earlier that day and shot her several times.

I just dont understand why you kill somebody over a basketball game, Juanita Smith, Womacks aunt, told KXAS-TV in Fort Worth.

Hogg was arrested on Oct. 20, 2022, and was charged with murder, according to the Dallas Police Department.

Friends and family organized a vigil in 2022 to honor Womacks life. One attendee noted Womack had received a scholarship to play basketball at Texas A&M University.

According to KDFW, Dallas County prosecutors told Womacks mother that the plea deal was possible because Hogg previously claimed self-defense. 

I forgive him. But at the same time, I just want him to see the hurt. I just want him to see the hurt thats on my face, the mother said. You cant imagine whats in my heart. Just to be able to look at him and face him and get some closure.