Shooter sentenced in slaying; will testify

Tuesday, Sept. 21, 2004 | 8:32 a.m.

A 28-year-old man who claimed he shot a man while trying to help a woman recover stolen property was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison on Monday for second-degree murder.

Ramon Iniguez also received a consecutive sentence of six to 15 years in prison for second-degree kidnapping for the May 4 killing of 26-year-old Marc Somers in the parking lot of the Ice Las Vegas nightclub near Harmon Avenue and Koval Lane.

Iniguez pleaded guilty Monday to the charges as part of a plea bargain with prosecutors. The agreement requires Iniguez to testify against 34-year-old Julia Jarrell at her Sept. 30 preliminary hearing.

Jarrell allegedly hired Iniguez to help her retrieve property from Somers.

Iniguez admitted to shooting Somers four times in the back with a .22-caliber handgun, allegedly under orders from Jarrell, after Somers "got scared" and ran away from a meeting Jarrell had arranged.

Chief Deputy District Attorney Ed Kane said Iniguez was supposed to serve as the "muscle" in a plan Jarrell had developed to lure Somers to the parking lot.

Witnesses to the slaying have identified Jarrell as the driver of a black Altima, which brought Iniguez to the scene of the killing, police said.

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