Christopher McDonnell, 32, pleaded guilty in October to more than 20 felonies, including murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder and weapons charges.
LAS VEGAS — A Las Vegas judge has sentenced a Texas man for his role in a two-state mass shooting that killed a man in Nevada and exchanged gunfire with authorities in Arizona on Thanksgiving 2020. He was sentenced to 100 years in prison.
Christopher McDonnell, 32, pleaded guilty in October to more than 20 felonies, including murder, attempted murder, conspiracy to commit murder, weapons charges and being a felon in unlawful possession of a firearm.
Clark County District Judge Tierra Jones sentenced him Friday to a minimum of 100 years in prison, KLAS-TV reported. If he were still alive, he would be eligible for parole in 2120 with credit for time served.
McDonnell, his brother Sean McDonnell, 34, and Sean McDonnell’s then-wife Kaylee Lewis, 29, of Tyler, Texas, initially faced dozens of charges.
Police and prosecutors say the trio began an 11-hour rampage on Nov. 26, 2020, including a random attack that killed Kevin Mendiola Jr., 22, at a convenience store in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson. The shooting and gunfire from the vehicle caused injuries. A few others too.
The group then proceeded to Arizona, where shootings also occurred, including one involving a police officer. All three were arrested after the car overturned.
Prosecutors said Lewis was the driver after two brothers fired indiscriminately from the car window. Sean McDonnell and Lewis are awaiting trial.
The shooting occurred on the Colorado River in Parker, Arizona, after a chase by Arizona Department of Public Safety troopers, a crash of a car with Texas license plates, and the wounding of Sean McDonnell by an officer with an assault-style rifle. It ended near a town along the coast. said the police.
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