A 32-year-old Lengthy Seashore man who shot one other man to demise throughout an tried theft in Anaheim was sentenced Monday, Oct. 10, to 40 years to life in jail.
Brandon Deandre Norwood was convicted earlier this yr of second-degree homicide for the March 3, 2019, killing of Oscar Humberto Chunmichicoj, a 30-year-old Guatemalan immigrant.
In response to prosecutors, Norwood was following Chunmichicoj in a rental automotive as Chunmichicoj was strolling again to his Anaheim residence after filling up two water jugs at a close-by retailer.
Chunmichicoj resisted when Norwood tried to rob him, prosecutors stated, main Norwood to shoot Chunmichicoj as soon as within the head.
Norwood fled, however detectives used surveillance footage of the killing to put Norwood on the scene.
Together with the second-degree homicide conviction, jurors additionally decided that Norwood — who authorities described as a third-striker — was responsible of being a felon in possession of a firearm.
“This younger man was a totally harmless sufferer who got here to this nation for a greater life,” Orange County District Legal professional Todd Spitzer stated in a press release following the sentencing. “As an alternative of realizing his American dream, Oscar ended up the sufferer of a violent crime by the hands of a profession legal. …
“Fortunately, his killer will spend a long time behind bars as a substitute of preying on hardworking folks like Oscar,” the DA added.