SANTA ANA : Convicted Killer Gets Life Without Parole
Mario Tirado of Santa Ana was formally sentenced to life without parole Friday for the Oct. 30, 1987, shooting deaths of Enrique Arceo, 13, and Jesus Perez, 17.
A jury recommended the sentence last month after rejecting the death penalty, primarily because of Tirado’s age. He is 21.
The victims were returning from a church carnival on bicycles with several others, witnesses said, when Tirado opened fire in a drive-by shooting.
Tirado was also convicted of six attempted murders, including other victims in that incident and several from a shooting earlier that day.
Superior Court Judge Everett W. Dickey added 18 years to the life-without-parole sentence for the attempted murders.
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