The man who pleaded guilty to murder last month in the 2009 Chop Suey shooting that left a Seattle hip hop performer dead and wounded two others was sentenced to 30 years in prison on Friday for his part in the crime:
In sentencing Carlos Bernardez to 30 years in prison Friday for a fatal shooting at a Capitol Hill nightclub last year, the judge lamented the pain that’s been caused by the baby-faced defendant.
“This is one more of those overall tragedies that the court sees far too often,” King County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ramsdell said. “One life was lost, and one was changed forever. The implications of what happened are huge for everybody.”
The murder was one of two on Capitol Hill in 2009.
