'I hope you never see the streets': Man sentenced for deadly 2023 shooting in central Fresno

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Emotional statements were work successful a Fresno courtroom connected Friday.

Nathanial Casteneda's eldest daughter, Angelica, was shaky arsenic she stood earlier her father's killer.

Shackled successful a reddish jumpsuit, his near oculus closed unopen arsenic Montray Skinner heard his fate.

Skinner admitted to utilizing a firearm and plead nary contest.

He was sentenced to 22 years successful situation for the shooting decease of Nathaniel backmost successful 2023 successful cardinal Fresno.

"You person a superior transgression past reflecting years of dangerous, transgression activity, and a implicit deficiency of regard," the justice said. "A lengthy situation condemnation is due successful this case."

Skinner opened occurrence astatine a radical of radical aft an statement astatine a Mini Mart connected May 11, 2023, connected Fresno Street conscionable northbound of Belmont Avenue.

Castenada was changeable 4 times and aboriginal died astatine the hospital. Skinner was besides changeable successful the oculus during the altercation.

Last year, Action News was successful the courtroom erstwhile a pistillate witnesser took the stand.

"He threatened to sprout america each and I was scared," the witnesser said.

"The actions of you were incredibly dangerous, and the information that much radical were not injured is shocking," the justice said.

Skinner wiped a teardrop arsenic Castaneda's household spoke straight to him.

"So galore lives destroyed, truthful galore lives changed now," said Nathaniel's sister-in-law. "I anticipation you ne'er spot the streets and you rot successful that jumpsuit."

Together, wearing shirts with his look connected them, Castaneda's household stood united, though not wholly pleased with the outcome.

"It's not precisely what we wanted, but it's yet thing that we've been wanting," Angelica said. "We're going to instrumentality what we tin get for now. Once I got up determination and saw his face, I yet felt the portion that I truly wanted. I felt similar it was genuine and wholehearted, and bid I needed to beryllium astatine with this full thing."

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