A state appeals court panel Friday reversed the convictions of two ex-convicts for the murder of a 3-year-old boy who was struck by gunfire during a shootout between the two men in the parking lot of a Compton liquor store.
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Two men get life terms for murder of boy, 3, caught in crossfire
Feb. 26, 2021 9:43 PM PT
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Two men were sentenced to life in prison Friday for the murder of a 3-year-old boy caught in the crossfire of a gang shooting in Compton.
The evening of Jan. 20, 2018, Franklin Pon-Ros was in the backseat of his mother’s car, waiting in the parking lot of Nate’s Liquor on Alondra Boulevard while his mother’s boyfriend made a purchase inside.
On his way back to the car, the boyfriend, Kevaughn Harris, exchanged words with Dwayne Ward, who was sitting in a nearby car. Rival gang members, the two pulled out handguns and started shooting at each other, L.A. County Sheriff’s Department officials said at the time.
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Calling the case “tragic,'' a judge today sentenced two ex-cons to lengthy prison terms for the murder of a 3-year-old boy who was struck by gunfire during a shootout in the parking lot of a Compton liquor store three years ago.