A man accused of following a 15-year-old around a mall and then shooting him in the parking lot is heading to prison, Oregon prosecutors said.
Pedro Anthony Cornejo-Morales, 19, from Gresham, was sentenced to 7.5 years behind bars after pleading guilty to unlawful use of a weapon and attempted murder in the second degree, the Clackamas County District Attorney’s Office said in a June 5 news release.
McClatchy News couldn’t immediately find attorney information for Cornejo-Morales on June 6.
He’s accused of shooting at the 15-year-old five times on Dec. 20, 2024, prosecutors said.
The teen was hit in the hand and treated at a hospital, according to prosecutors.
Cornejo-Morales and another man followed the 15-year-old around the Clackamas Town Center before the gunfire, prosecutors sa