3 Men Given Life Terms in Shootings
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Three men were sentenced to multiple terms of life in prison Thursday for shooting at three children who the gunmen said were rival gang members.
Reginald Carr, 23, and Dion Mitchell, 21, were each sentenced to three consecutive life terms plus 36 years for three counts each of premeditated attempted murder and conspiracy to commit murder.
Superior Court Judge Robert Perry also sentenced Ollie Miller, 20, to three life terms plus 50 years for three counts of attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and assault with a deadly weapon.
Ezekial Ford, then 14, was left paralyzed on his left side in the Feb. 15 shooting. His sister, Shantel Shannon, then 2, was wounded in her arm and leg. A 15-year-old boy, who was not related to the siblings, suffered a graze wound to his head.
The defendants walked up to the children who were in their frontyard in South-Central Los Angeles and fired at them with an AK-47 assault rifle, which was later recovered by police.
Since the shooting, Ford and Shannon’s family has moved from the gang-ridden neighborhood with the help of the Los Angeles Police Department and the Stop the Violence/Increase the Peace Foundation.
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