A Las Vegas judge sentenced a Texas man to 100 years in prison for a two-state shooting rampage on Thanksgiving 2020 that included the killing of a man in Nevada and a shootout with authorities in Arizona.
Christopher McDonnell, 32, had pleaded guilty to more than 20 felonies including murder, attempted murder, murder conspiracy, weapon charges and being a felon illegally possessing a firearm, the Associated Press reports. Clark County Judge Tierra Jones sentenced him on Friday to a minimum of 100 years in prison. He would be eligible for parole in 2120.
Police said McDonnell of Tyler, Texas, his brother Shawn 34, and Shawn’s then-wife, Kayleigh Lewis, 29, began an 11-hour rampage that included apparently random shootings that killed Kevin Mendiola Jr., 22, at a convenience store in Henderson, Nev., and drive-by gunfire that wounded several other people. The group traveled to Arizona, where there were more shootings, including one involving a police officer. Prosecutors said Lewis drove as the two brothers fired indiscriminately out of the vehicle’s windows. All three were arrested after their car rolled over. The shooting rampage ended near the Colorado River town of Parker, Ariz.