A 16-year-old Compton gang member who fatally shot a 1-year-old child last summer as he lay in the arms of his father, whom the teenager mistakenly assumed was a rival gang member because of his t-shirt color, has now been sentenced to spend the rest of his days behind bars WITHOUT the possibility of parole. Such a sad and senseless act of violence, Read more after the jump……….
The judge, Los Angeles Superior Court Judge Pat Connolly could barely contain his contempt. He said that Dokins had no intestinal fortitude to sit up and look at me. Dokins, who was staring at the floor, avoiding the judge’s gaze. “You have hatred in your heart that I can’t understand.” Prosecutors say that on June 4, 2012, Dokins, a then-15-year-old gang member, rode up on a bicycle to a family gathered outside a home in Watts. He drew a revolver and opened fire, killing 14-month-old Angel Mauro Cortez Vega and wounding his 21-year-old father, Mauro Cortez. Dokins, authorities say, mistakenly believed the father was a member of a rival gang because of the color of his T-shirt.
Prosecutors charged Dokins as an adult. Connolly sentenced him to 90 years to life in prison!!
At least this family was able to receive some type of justice for this heartless crime. Our thoughts go out to the family of the baby that lost his life in the midst of this senseless act of violence.
