Six additional people are set to be sentenced in Fort Worth, Texas, in connection with a shooting that occurred during a protest outside the Prairieland detention center near Dallas on July 4. According to reporting from multiple outlets, most defendants have pleaded guilty to charges related to the demonstration and the shooting. The sentences announced in court include a range of terms, with one source noting that the judge imposes specific prison time on individual defendants, including a 50-year sentence for Ines Soto. Other defendants receive shorter terms, generally spanning from nearly two years to about 15 years, while earlier cases have produced much longer sentences. One outlet previously described other protesters already sentenced to decades in prison, including a former Marine who received a 100-year prison term. One report also says a police officer was wounded in the incident. Overall, the cases proceed in multiple Fort Worth courtrooms, with the latest scheduled hearings continuing a series of plea agreements and sentencing outcomes for those charged in the July 4 protest shooting.
Six more defendants sentenced over shooting at Texas immigrant detention center protest
Six additional people are set to be sentenced in Fort Worth, Texas, in connection with a shooting that occurred during a protest outside the Prairieland detention center near Dallas on July 4. Accordi...
- The sentences are being handed down in Fort Worth, Texas, following guilty pleas tied to a protest and July 4 shooting near the Prairieland detention center.
- A police officer is reported to have been wounded in the shooting.
- Most of the defendants sentenced in these proceedings pleaded guilty to charges related to the incident.
- Prison terms described across the sources range from about two years to around 15 years for some defendants, with at least one much longer sentence reported.
- Other protesters from the same incident have already received decade-long sentences, including a 100-year term reported by one outlet.
Judge hands down 50-year sentence to defendant Ines Soto, whose wife Elizabeth was sentenced to same prison termSeven more people were sentenced to prison Wednesday over a shooting outside a Texas immigration detention center that wounded a police officer and has left many protesters facing decades behind bars.All but one of the defendants sentenced in Fort Worth courtrooms pleaded guilty to charges related to the shooting outside the Prairieland detention center near Dallas last July 4. They each were sentenced to between nearly two and 15 years in prison. Continue reading...
3 hours agoSix people who pleaded guilty to charges related to a demonstration and shooting outside a Texas immigrant detention center are set to be sentenced Wednesday. Other protesters have already been sentenced to decades behind bars, including a former Marine who was handed a 100-year prison term.
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