A man convicted of fatally shooting two teenagers during a showing of “The Forever Purge” at a Southern California movie theater in 2021 was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. .
Joseph Jimenez Jr., 23, was found guilty in December of two counts of first-degree murder and had an enhanced sentence for personal use of a firearm resulting in death.
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Prosecutors say Riley Goodrich, 18, and Anthony Barajas, 19, were shot in the back of the head on July 26 as they watched a late-night showing of a horror-action movie at a theater in Corona, southeast of Los Angeles. announced. 2021. They were the only ones in the theater.
Joseph Jimenez Jr. is seen giving a short statement prior to sentencing as defense attorney Charles Kenyon listens at the Riverside Hall of Justice on Monday, February 26, 2024 in Riverside, California. (Will Lester/Orange County Register via AP)
Goodrich died at the scene. Barajas, an up-and-coming social media star, died at the hospital.
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Jimenez initially pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. He was found sane by Superior Court Judge Timothy J. Hollenhorst in December.
In a jailhouse interview with the Riverside Press-Enterprise, Jimenez said he had recently been diagnosed with schizophrenia, but stopped taking his medication because he ran out of it shortly before the shooting.
Jimenez told the newspaper that the only way to protect himself from his victims was to shoot them.
