GRAND JUNCTION, Colo.—A 21-year-old man has acknowledged his role in the fatal shooting of a bystander outside a Taco Bell restaurant in Grand Junction.
The Grand Junction Daily Sentinel reports ( ) Christian Fuentes, of East Palo Alto, Calif., pleaded guilty Friday to second-degree murder, two counts of robbery, two counts of menacing and second-degree burglary in the July 16, 2011, shooting of 31-year-old Jorge Carrasco.
Fuentes is among four suspects in the shooting, which prosecutors say was a gang-related “trophy killing.” Police say they have also linked all four to two armed robberies and a burglary in Grand Junction earlier that day.
Twenty-year-old Lester Miranda-Davis, of Clifton, was sentenced to 24 years in prison for his role in the crime. The FBI is looking for 21-year-old Jaime Cardenas and 25-year-old Fidel Silva, also of East Palo Alto.
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Information from: The Daily Sentinel,
