A Denver man was sentenced Friday to 48 years in jail for the homicide of a 14-year-old boy in 2022, in accordance with courtroom data.
Denver District Courtroom Decide Karen Brody sentenced Diego Lopez, 19, on Friday to 48 years in jail, with a credit score of two years and 293 days for time served, courtroom data present.
Lopez was 16 years previous when he shot Josiaz “JoJo” Aragon within the again after which pistol-whipped, beat and stabbed the 14-year-old. Aragon was days away from celebrating his fifteenth birthday.
Lopez was additionally ordered to pay $10,000 to Aragon’s household throughout Friday’s sentencing listening to, in accordance with courtroom data.
Aragon’s physique was discovered at a baseball area close to Denver’s Southwest Recreation Middle on Aug. 8, 2022.
The 2 youngsters knew one another from faculty and had met on the baseball area for a gun sale, police stated. Lopez shot Aragon within the again after they made the deal.
Lopez, who was charged as an grownup, took a deal and pleaded responsible in April to at least one depend of second-degree homicide in Aragon’s dying.
That deal dropped a number of prices from his case, together with homicide, aggravated theft, tampering with proof and weapons prices. It additionally dismissed two violent crime sentence enhancers.
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