The man receives at least 16 years in prison for family dispute shots before incident

Lima-a man from Lima was sentenced to at least 16 years in prison on Friday after a jury found that he did not act in self-defense by found him guilty of shoting a lot in a dispute between two families.

The prison sentence that was convicted of the accused David Johnson is mandatory what means that he is not entitled to the judicial release-since each count had a three-year weapon specification. He received 265 days in prison due to the time when he had spent custody throughout the legal proceedings. He also has to pay 1,074.20 US dollars for the repairs to Brandy McCarthy's vehicle after it has been hit by balls.

Johnson, 43, said that if he could repeat the incident on the night of June 8, he would have stayed in bed.

“But I'm not such a person. I stand for my family and I mean, yes, it was wrong as I did it, I admit it, but I'm really sorry, ”he said. “I don't regret anything in life that I did. I mean, I'm not such a person, but I regret how this night happened. I mean all the mistakes that night, I regret that. “

A representative of the crime to the victim of victims read a statement by Angel Schön, which was part of the McCarthy page and was hit by a ball that entered through her left chest and left her left arm.

“I have so many problems because of the actions you have selected. I fight in my daily life because you shot me and it is likely that I will never have full movement in my arm again. I hope you get what you earn today and feel really more remorse for your actions, ”wrote nicely.

The deputy deputy prosecutor Kyle Thines admitted that Johnson had no criminal records and had no intentions to shoot someone before the incident. He also mentioned that the McCarthy family in the Johnson house in the 718 W. Vine St. arrived for a fist fight when Johnson shot about a dozen balls on the street, “without a specific goal because there was no specific threat”.

“Unfortunately, it seems that, like other members of the community, because they have a firearm, that it is suddenly the wild West and they can shoot whenever,” said Thines, how he argued at least 16 years in prison.

Johnson's lawyer, deputy defender Stephen Chamberlain, did not agree to a 16-year prison sentence.

“One of these factors that the court has to take into account is that the victims have somehow made the crime easier? And I would say, plan, call and go to my customer's house with the meeting, these are the victims who make the crime easier, ”he said.

Chamberlain added that only Johnson was announced that the rival family had weapons.

“He reached for his firearm and thought he defended his family and home,” he said.

Judge Terri Kohlrieser did not believe that Johnson showed real regrets because he still believed that he would act in self -defense. She mentioned in the street that Shell covers had been found and testimonies showed that he was shot when they ran away, and no evidence was found that they had weapons.

“Two people were shot. More could have been shot, innocent people who had nothing to do with the full idiocy that happened from everyone there that day, ”said Kohlrieser. “That doesn't defend your family, you were crazy. All of this had built up. “

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