Friday, January 24, 2025

Man Sentenced to Life in Prison After Fatal 2011 East Palo Alto Shooting

Man Sentenced to Life in Prison After Fatal 2011 East Palo Alto Shooting
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By Bay City News.

A 31-year-old man convicted of first-degree murder in a fatal shooting in East Palo Alto in 2011 has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole, the San Mateo County District Attorney's Office said Friday.

Christian Fuentes, one of the suspects in the July 13, 2011, murder of 19-year-old Catherine Fisher, was convicted by a jury in September and sentenced Thursday to life in prison, prosecutors said.

Fisher was sitting in a parked vehicle with two other people on Annapolis Street when two suspects approached and opened fire. She was struck by bullets multiple times in the shooting, which she said