Man sentenced for shooting that killed Fresno teenager in 2019

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- A Fresno antheral learned his condemnation Wednesday for a shooting that near a teen dormant successful 2019.

Khalif Hasan Jones volition present walk 40 years to beingness successful situation for the execution of Enrique Vega.

"I miss him each day. I spell each Sunday to sojourn him, and it hurts," said Susan Vega, the victim's grandmother.

Susan is inactive heartbroken by her loss.

Investigators accidental Vega was playing video games astatine his Central Fresno location erstwhile Jones changeable him.

"They knocked connected the window, and helium thought it was his friend, and helium opened the curtain, and helium changeable him successful the head," recalled Susan.

Jones archetypal denied the execution charge, past aboriginal stood earlier a justice and pled guilty, avoiding a proceedings successful which much details astir the transgression would've travel out.

In an antithetic twist, Jones aboriginal asked the justice to retreat his blameworthy plea.

Jones maintains that helium didn't recognize the document.

But aft months of review, the justice denied Jones' petition and allowed the blameworthy plea to stand, clearing the mode for Wednesday's affectional sentencing.

"We are remorseful. Our household has ne'er been done thing similar this, and it's precise hard for us. I cognize it's adjacent much hard for you guys," said Jones' sister, Victoria Chappell.

While Chappell said she was atrocious for Vega's loss, Jones sat softly during his sentencing.

His household says the 24-year-old suffers from terrible puerility trauma and was provoked earlier the shooting.

Vega's household says their loved 1 is gone excessively soon.

The affectional comments each weighed connected Judge Mark Cullers, who yet said Jones indispensable wage for his choice.

"This is perfectly heartbreaking. It's a shame that we're each here," said the judge. "I admit puerility trauma, but that is supra and beyond."

The justice besides sentenced Khalif Jones for a lawsuit of jailhouse battery, but he'll service that two-year condemnation arsenic portion of his punishment for the murder.

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