A 48-year-old Los Angeles man convicted in two murders –- including the slaying of a civilian employee of the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department -– was sentenced Thursday to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Los Angeles Superior Court Judge William Ryan handed down the sentence to Leonard Mitchell six months after a jury found him guilty of fatally shooting two people in separate incidents. Jurors deliberated less than two days.
Mitchell fatally shot Alexander Castro, 23, after the two men had a verbal confrontation Dec. 20, 2008.
Castro, who was in his car at the time of the attack, was shot in the face.
Adriana Pizarro, 34, an employee at the Compton sheriff’s station, was leaving a family member’s home when she was struck above the right eye by single gunshot.
In addition to the life term, Mitchell was given a consecutive term of 25 years to life.
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