Chantell Tompkins, 39, sentenced to prison for fatal shooting in El Cajon

A man who shot and killed another man in El Cajon nearly three years ago was sentenced this week to 75 years to life in state prison.

Chantell Tompkins, 39, was sentenced Tuesday for the shooting death of 30-year-old Andre Carrol on August 25, 2021.

According to police, Carrol was found fatally wounded in the 800 block of Sandalwood Drive shortly before 12:30 a.m. Paramedics took the victim to a hospital, where he died from multiple gunshot wounds.

Tompkins left the scene in a van and was stopped and arrested a short time later by police on Interstate 8 in Mission Valley.

Prosecutors said the killing sparked a second fatal shooting in retaliation, which occurred less than a week later.

On August 30, 51-year-old Arthur Williams was sitting in his vehicle near Dennis Allen Memorial Park in the Mount Hope neighborhood when the driver of an SUV drove alongside his car and opened fire, according to police.

Prosecutors allege that Williams was an accomplice of Tompkins.

Anthony Goodrich Austin was arrested in March 2022 in connection with Williams' murder. Prosecutors said witness statements and cellphone records placed Austin at the scene of Williams' murder.

Austin was found guilty by a San Diego jury of first-degree murder and discharging a firearm from a vehicle under special circumstances and sentenced last year to life in prison without the possibility of parole.

City News Service contributed to this article.