Denver man pleads guilty to New Year's shootings

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/05/13/national/a200852D17.DTL&hw=gun&sn=022&sc=291

A Denver man accused of firing a gun into the air and killing a woman and an 11-year-old girl as he celebrated the new year has pleaded guilty in a deal with prosecutors.
He faces probation to 24 years in prison at sentencing set for July 10.
Prosecutors agreed to dismiss Cortez's remaining charges of first-degree murder, child abuse, possession of a weapon by a previous offender and illegal discharge of a weapon.
Authorities say Cortez fired once into a home on Jan. 1, 2008, killing 47-year-old Rebecca Yanez of Fort Collins and her niece, Angelica Martinez of Denver.
Cortez says he was aiming at a streetlight.



This one is weird on too many levels.