LAS VEGAS — A choose in Las Vegas sentenced a Texas man to 100 years in jail for his function in a two-state capturing rampage on Thanksgiving 2020 that included the killing of a person in Nevada and a shootout with authorities in Arizona.
Christopher McDonnell, 32, pleaded responsible in October to greater than 20 felonies together with homicide, tried homicide, homicide conspiracy, weapon expenses and being a felon illegally in possession of a firearm.
Clark County District Choose Tierra Jones sentenced him on Friday to a minimal of 100 years in jail, KLAS-TV reported. If he’s nonetheless alive, he could be eligible for parole in 2120 with credit score for time served.
McDonnell of Tyler, Texas, his brother Shawn McDonnell, 34, and Shawn McDonnell’s then-wife, Kayleigh Lewis, 29, initially confronted dozens of expenses.
Police and prosecutors say the trio started an 11-hour rampage on Nov. 26, 2020 that included apparently random shootings that killed Kevin Mendiola Jr., 22, at a comfort retailer in Henderson, close to Las Vegas, and drive-by gunfire that wounded a number of different individuals.
The group then continued into Arizona, the place there have been further shootings, together with one involving a police officer. All three have been arrested after their automobile rolled over.
Prosecutors mentioned Lewis was the driving force as the 2 brothers fired indiscriminately out of the automobile’s home windows.
Shawn McDonnell and Lewis are awaiting trial.
The capturing rampage ended close to the Colorado River city of Parker, Arizona, after a chase involving officers from the Arizona Division of Public Security, the crash of a automobile with a Texas license plate and the wounding of Shawn McDonnell by troopers wielding assault-style rifles, police mentioned.
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