Shooter who fired ‘like a madman’ at homeless camp in Venice gets 78 years in prison

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A gang member who was convicted of fatally shooting a homeless man on the Venice boardwalk four years ago was sentenced to 78 years in prison

Los Angeles police patrol the Venice boardwalk, site of a deadly 2015 shooting that left a homeless man known as"Shakespeare" dead.

A gang member who shot and killed a homeless man on the Venice boardwalk four years ago was sentenced to 93 years to life in prison Wednesday. Francisco Cardenaz Guzman, 32, was convicted in March of first degree murder, attempted murder and being a felon in possession of a firearm after the 2015 shooting death ofWarren had been trying to ease tensions after an early morning argument between a hotel owner, Sris Sinnathamby, and another homeless man when Guzman walked up with a gun, according to witnesses.

As the argument unfolded, Guzman approached Sinnathamby. The hotel owner used a racial slur, and then Guzman began shooting at the crowd, most of whom were homeless black people, police said. One other homeless man was injured.said Kiva Blount, who was preparing her bed in the nearby encampment when the shooting happened. Blount said Guzman reloaded before fleeing in a dark SUV.

Some of the homeless people began beating up Sinnathamby after the shooting, and he ran into his hotel and locked its doors. Police arrested him outside his hotel later that morning.

 

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