LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — A person agreed to serve at the very least 40 years in jail for killing two folks at a homeless encampment, information stated.
Cristobal Perez, 32, accepted a plea deal on two counts of first-degree homicide for the December 2023 capturing close to East Charleston Boulevard and North Honolulu Avenue. Timothy Brenton and Ashley Burrell died within the capturing. Three different unhoused folks have been additionally injured.
Perez accepted a plea deal Monday as his trial was scheduled to start, information stated. He might face an extra first-degree homicide cost ought to a 3rd capturing sufferer die, prosecutors stated. That particular person was not anticipated to outlive.
A sentencing listening to was scheduled for April 8. As a part of the deal, Clark County District Courtroom Decide Carli Kierny was anticipated to condemn Perez to the phrases of 40 years to life.
On the time of Perez’s arrest, police additionally arrested his girlfriend, Kylee Au Younger, accusing her of driving a getaway automotive. Younger faces two counts of open homicide and was scheduled to look in court docket for negotiations in her case the identical day as Perez’s sentencing.
