HARTFORD — A 33-year-old East Hartford man who was convicted of murder in the 2009 shooting deaths of two people in Hartford has been sentenced.
Angel Carrasquillo was convicted Friday of killing 23-year-old Leida Franqui and 32-year-old Luis Rodriguez in the early morning hours of Oct. 14, 2009. He was also convicted of criminal possession of a firearm, the Hartford Courant reported.
Franqui was shot 13 times in the head, chest and hands. Rodriguez was shot four times in the head, leg and arm.
Prosecutors said Carrasquillo and two others killed Rodriguez because he was selling drugs in Los Solidos gang territory.
The defense argued the witnesses against Carrasquillo were unreliable and that there was no evidence Carrasquillo shot anyone.
Carrasquillo faced 125 years in prison, but was sentenced to 80 years.
