A convicted assassin in Novel Mexico got four life sentences Friday following his conviction for a 2017 rampage that left four folks lifeless.
The victims of defendant Damian Herrera, 26, of Ojo Caliente, included his possess mother and two a quantity of family, authorities mentioned.
At a sentencing hearing on Friday, prosecutors advised that District Receive Jason Lidyard hit Herrera with a maximum sentence for his actions, a neighborhood news outlet reported. Two of Herrera’s siblings, who spoke at the hearing, supported the prosecutors’ recommendation.
Lidyard in the end agreed, issuing four life sentences — one for every assassinate — to be served consecutively.
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The opt furthermore sentenced Herrera to a further 9.5 years of detention center time for aggravated fleeing from a police officer, possession of a stolen automobile, resisting an officer, attempting to disarm an officer, assault on a peace officer, larceny of a firearm and bank card theft, KRQE-TV of Albuquerque reported.
Damian Herrera’s victims included his possess mother and two a quantity of family, authorities squawk.
(Novel Mexico Hiss Police through the use of AP)
A jury convicted Herrera on Aug. 13 on four counts of first-stage assassinate after prosecutors laid out the horrifying significant parts of Herrera’s June 2017 assassinate spree.
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They claimed Herrera shot his stepfather, Max Trujillo, after a dispute, then shot his mother, Maria “Brenda” Gallegos, and his brother, Brendon Herrera, at their family dwelling.
Trujillo and Brendon Herrera died at the scene, whereas Gallegos died the next day.
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After the preliminary shootings, Herrera (who changed into 21 at the time) fled the dwelling, traveled 200 miles across Novel Mexico then shot and killed a fourth particular person, Manuel Serrano, at a gasoline location in Abiquiu.
Herrera faces one more first-stage assassinate worth in Taos County, as he allegedly killed a fifth particular person, Michael Alan Kyte, after stealing Kyte’s truck.
A stare of a total store automobile parking establish in Abiquiu, Novel Mexico, June 16, 2017, the establish a gunman shot and killed a 59-year-passe Manuel Serrano a day earlier.
(Associated Press)
Sheriff’s deputies caught Herrera after they spotted the stolen pickup and pursued it. Herrera changed into apprehended after crashing into a tree.
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Herrera then ran in direction of the deputies, tried to relish interplay a firearm from one officer, however a 2nd deputy extinct a stun gun on the suspect. He changed into taken into custody.
The convicted killer will face trial individually for the fifth killing, though a court docket date has no longer but been announced.
