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Iowa Teen Receives Life Sentence For Role In Fatal Drive-By Shooting

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Another Iowa teenager was sentenced Monday to life in prison for a fatal 2022 drive-by shooting near Des Moines East High School. Alex Santiago Perdomo, 17, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder. He was 15 at the time of the shooting, according to the Polk County prosecutor, who said Perdomo will have a chance at parole, the Associated Press reports. Police say Perdomo was among 10 teens ages 14 to 18 armed with at least six guns who drove in multiple vehicles to a neighborhood near the school, only a half mile from the Iowa Capitol. Police say the teens were out to settle a grudge and fired on Jose Lopez, his sister, one of her friends and two other teens standing on a sidewalk nearby. The gunfire hit Lopez, his sister and their friend, killing Lopez and seriously wounding the girls


Perdomo is the second teenager in the group to receive a life sentence after pleading guilty to first-degree murder. A third teen who pleaded guilty to first-degree murder will be sentenced next year, after he turns 18. Four others who pleaded guilty to second-degree murder received sentences ranging from 20 to 70 years in prison. One member of the group who pleaded guilty to providing a pistol or revolver to a person under 21 received a suspended sentence of four years. The other two remaining defendants were sentenced to 20 years in prison on various other charges.

 


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