LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - A Kentucky judge has sentenced a man to 33 years in prison after he pleaded guilty to charges including murder in the 2016 Thanksgiving day fatal shooting of a 14-year-old boy.
According to the Lexington Herald-Leader , Fayette Circuit Court Judge Lucy VanMeter sentenced 25-year-old Kevin Josue Ipina-Garcia on Friday in the death of Angel Juarez.
Juarez was shot in the chest at home through the front door.
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Ipina-Garcia’s attorney, Jared Bewley, said his client was sorry.
Court records show some victims suspected the boy’s brother, Danilo Juarez, of orchestrating a robbery in which he was also robbed.
Court records say Ipina-Garcia and another man went to the house, asking for Danilo Juarez, but another brother said he wasn’t home.
Court records say Ipina-Garcia shot through the door, hitting Angel Juarez.
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Information from: Lexington Herald-Leader, http://www.kentucky.com
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