TACOMA, Wash. (AP) - A man who fled the country for nearly a decade has been sentenced to more than 30 years in prison for a 2007 drive-by killing in Tacoma.
The News Tribune reports that 30-year-old Gabriel Nevarez pleaded guilty to first-degree murder last month. He was sentenced Friday in Pierce County Superior Court.
Kyle Grinnell Jr. was killed Feb. 21, 2007, outside his apartment in Tacoma. Grinnell was pressure-washing a sidewalk when he was shot. Investigators say Nevarez was aiming for Grinnell’s friend standing next to him.
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After the shooting, Nevarez, a U.S. citizen, fled to Mexico. Cold-case investigators arrested him in 2016 in Michoacan, Mexico, and returned him to Washington state.
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Information from: The News Tribune, http://www.thenewstribune.com
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