Lawrence

2nd man pleads guilty in deadly 2020 Lawrence shooting

Miguel Angel Vega Rodriguez, 23, pleaded guilty Thursday in Salem Superior Court to charges including voluntary manslaughter

A second man has pleaded guilty in a deadly shooting at a backyard gathering in Lawrence, Massachusetts, in May 2020, prosecutors said Thursday.

The May 3 shooting on Newton Street left Delvis Paulino-Fernandez, a 26-year-old from Lawrence, dead, and two other people were wounded.

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Miguel Angel Vega Rodriguez, 23, pleaded guilty Thursday in Salem Superior Court to charges of voluntary manslaughter, armed assault to murder, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon causing serious injury and carrying a firearm without a license, the Essex District Attorney's Office said.

Vega Rodriguez was sentenced to 22 to 26 years in prison, followed by three years of probation, prosecutors said.

One person has died following a shooting in Lawrence, Mass. Sunday night.

That's the same sentence that Hector Baez received when he was sentenced in the same shooting after he pleaded guilty last year.

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