A Cambodian national, Savin Seng, was sentenced on Mar. 24 to 180 months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm connected to a fatal shooting, according to Acting U.S. Attorney John G.E. Marck.
The sentencing follows Seng's guilty plea on Nov. 18, 2025. Authorities say he is expected to face removal proceedings after serving his sentence because he does not have legal immigration status in the United States.
According to court records, law enforcement responded on Oct. 3, 2025, to a residence in the Telferner community outside Victoria where they found a woman deceased from a gunshot wound. Investigators recovered Seng’s cell phone at the scene and found an image of him holding a Glock pistol with an extended magazine. A witness identified him as the suspect in the shooting.
Seng was located less than a mile from the crime scene and arrested with a loaded Glock pistol and an extended magazine concealed in his shorts. He admitted during proceedings that he had possessed multiple firearms while living illegally in the country and had previously been ordered removed as an aggravated felon in April 2016 but remained present within U.S. borders.
Court documents show Seng has been held previously in California, Georgia, and Louisiana and faced an active arrest warrant since 2022 related to another homicide case out of Los Angeles.
The prosecution is part of Operation Take Back America—a Department of Justice initiative aimed at addressing illegal immigration and organized crime.
The U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Texas oversees prosecutions such as this one across its offices located in Houston, Galveston, Corpus Christi, Laredo, McAllen and Brownsville according to its official website. The office is part of the U.S. Department of Justice under the Attorney General as described by official sources and employs more than two hundred attorneys serving over nine million people across forty-three counties according to agency details. Its main responsibilities include prosecuting federal crimes and handling civil matters involving government interests according to its official website.
Notable past leaders of this office include Alamdar Hamdani (2022–2025) and Ryan Patrick as noted by its history page.
