Path: bloom-picayune.mit.edu!snorkelwacker.mit.edu!americast.com!americast.com!americast-post Newsgroups: americast.latimes.misc From: americast-post@AmeriCast.Com Organization: American Cybercasting Approved: americast-post@AmeriCast.com Subject: Pomona Murderer Gets Life Term Date: Sat, 21 Nov 92 09:41:27 EST Message-ID: HEADLINE: Pomona Murderer Gets Life Term Publication Date: Thursday November 19, 1992 BYLINE: A West Covina man has been sentenced for the racially tinged shooting death of a teen-ager at a Diamond Bar "flyer party." Jose Aguilar, 20, was given a life sentence by Pomona Superior Court Judge Thomas Nuss but could be paroled after 10 1/2 years. He will spend the first five years in the California Youth Authority and then be transferred to state prison to serve the remainder of his term. Aguilar was convicted July 28 of second-degree murder in the Nov. 30, 1991, shooting death of Damon Washington, 18, of Diamond Bar. Authorities said the two confronted each other at a teen-age party attended by 200, at which Washington was helping keep order. After Aguilar hopped a fence to avoid paying a $2 admission fee, he was stopped by Washington, a black, who reportedly made a comment against Mexicans. Aguilar left, returned with a gun and shot Washington. This article is copyright 1992 The Los Angeles Times Home Edition. Redistribution to other sites is not permitted except by arrangement with American Cybercasting Corporation. For more information, send-email to usa@AmeriCast.COM