Thanksgiving Crime Spree Ends in 100-Year Sentence for Texas Man
(Las Vegas, NV) - A Tyler, TX man will be spending the next 100 years in prison after going a horrible crime spree during the holidays.
On Thanksgiving of 2020, two brothers and a woman married to one of them, drove through Henderson, NV and began randomly shooting at people.
One man, Kevin Mendiola Jr. was killed at a 7-Eleven. They then drove into Arizona, where there were additional shootings, including one involving a police officer. All three were arrested after their car rolled over.
The Details On This Random Act Of Violence Is Shocking.
Christopher McDonnell, his brother, Shawn McDonnell, 34; and Shawn McDonnell’s then-wife, Kayleigh Lewis, 29 according to police and prosecutors went on an 11-hour rampage that began on Nov. 26, 2020.
After killing Mendiola Jr. they committed a drive-by shooting that wounded several people then got into a chase involving officers from the Arizona Department of Public Safety, and it all ended near the Colorado River town of Parker, Arizona, after they crashed a car with a Texas license plate and the wounding of Shawn McDonnell by troopers wielding assault-style rifles.
They were returned in custody to Las Vegas, where a grand jury indicted them in March 2021.
Christopher McDonnell, 32, pleaded guilty in October to more than 20 felonies including murder, attempted murder, murder conspiracy, weapon charges and being a felon illegally in possession of a firearm.
Christopher had been indicted on 55 counts, but he plead guilty to 23 counts and on Friday (Dec. 13th) Clark County District Judge Tierra Jones sentenced him to a minimum of 100 years in prison. If he’s still alive, he would be eligible for parole in 2120 with credit for time served.
As for Shawn McDonnell and Kayleigh Lewis, they still are awaiting trial. Lewis is believed to have been the driver as the two brothers fired indiscriminately out of the vehicle’s windows.
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