A 20-year-old Kent man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for the 2023 murder of a man he was attempting to carjack at an auto parts store in Federal Way.

On May 23, King County Superior Court Judge Sandra Widlan sentenced Jonathan Montejano to 30 years in prison for first-degree homicide stemming from the Oct. 25, 2023, fatal shooting of Robert E. Blowe III, 26. The sentence went three years above the prosecution’s and the defense’s sentence recommendation of 27 years.

According to documents, the prosecution and the defense requested an exceptional sentence — below the standard sentencing range — due to Montejano’s youth and his guilty pleas to various other crimes. Documents state that with Montejano’s offender score of 15, his sentencing range was between 411 months (about 34 years)

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