A 40-year-old man was sentenced Wednesday to 35 years in prison after he was found guilty of fatally shooting a man during a fight, according to a news release from the Hidalgo County District Attorney’s Office.

Miguel Angel Mujica was found guilty on charges of murder and unlawful possession of a firearm.

According to previous reports, Mujica was one of two people arrested and charged in connection with the shooting death of 24-year-old Milton Rodriguez.

READ ABOUT MIGUEL ANGEL MUJICA'S ARREST HERE

Officers with the Edinburg Police Department responded to an apartment complex at the 200 block of Mojave Avenue on Oct. 7, 2021. Officers found Rodriguez’s body with a gunshot wound to the face.

According to the news release, Mujica was identified as the aggressor who “brandished a handgu

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