Las Vegas Sun

April 19, 2024

Third man sentenced in killing

District Judge Michelle Leavitt has sentenced the last of three men convicted of killing and robbing a man who was walking home from the grocery store to 40 years to life in prison Tuesday.

Tyrone Williams' two friends and accomplices, Julius Bradford and Steven Perry, in receiving the 40 years to life sentence from Leavitt.

Williams, Bradford and Perry were convicted of murder with use of a deadly weapon and robbery for the killing of Benito Zambrano-Lopez, who was walking home from a neighborhood market when he was attacked on June 8, 2003.

Prosecutors said Williams, Bradford and Perry conspired to rob the 48-year-old laborer, then shot him repeatedly when he resisted.

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