A Richardson man was sentenced Friday to five years in federal prison in San Antonio for plotting to kill his uncle’s estranged wife, federal officials said.
A jury in April convicted Leonard Roundtree III, a former high school football standout, of one count of conspiracy to commit murder.
Roundtree’s uncle, Alvin Roundtree, 52, shot his common-law wife, Mona McFadden, in June 2013 with a .45 caliber handgun at Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio, federal officials said.
McFadden, an Army captain, was shot seven times but survived. Alvin Roundtree was arrested on the base.
Recorded conversations between the two men revealed that they talked about hiring someone to kill McFadden to prevent her from testifying in court.
Leonard Roundtree relayed information between his uncle and the hitman, who was to provide proof of the murder before being paid $10,000. The hitman was a jail inmate who was set to be released a few days later.
Alvin Roundtree, a retired Army sergeant who served during the Persian Gulf War, pleaded guilty in March to one count of assaulting an officer or employee of the United States with a deadly weapon. He was sentenced in September to 20 years in federal prison.
Leonard Roundtree denied knowing about the murder plot, but prosecutors said that he agreed to deliver $1,000 to the hit man and an additional $9,000 after receiving proof of the murder.