Authorities announced Tuesday that two Houston men were sentenced to 25 years in prison for the murder of a friend.
Christopher Paz and Leroy Lopez, both 19-year-olds, were sentenced last Wednesday after they admitted to the fatal April 4, 2020 shooting at Abraham Mata in Houston. All three were only 17 years old at the time.
Kim Ogg, Harris County District Attorney, stated that “this was a brutal and sinister murder committed by two young men who will now spend many decades behind bars.” “There are consequences for every act and in this instance, justice was served.”
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Christopher Paz, 19, and Leroy Lopez (19), both killed Abraham Mata in 2021 after a fight, according to prosecutors. (Harris County District Attorney’s Office
Authorities said that the fight broke out when the three teenagers were in a trailer house on East Wallisville Road. Ogg’s office stated that they were all “highly drunk” at the time.
Lopez grabbed Mata at one point and slammed him on the ground. Prosecutors said that Mata was then taken out of the trailer, and shot twice.
Lopez and Paz then took Mata’s body from behind a church to a wooded area where he was stabbed multiple times.
Police took both men into custody the day after. Paz led investigators into Mata’s body, and told them the truth.
Texas prosecutors stated that Abraham Mata (17) was murdered by two of his friends in an April 2021 fight, during which he was shot, then stabbed. (Harris County District Attorney’s Office
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Lopez pleaded guilty to the charges and was sentenced on Nov. 28 to 25 years imprisonment. Two days later, Paz pleaded guilty to the exchange of 25 years imprisonment.
