A judge ordered probation Tuesday for a teen who fatally shot another teen as payback for a robbery.

Gabriel Ayala, 17, was found guilty of voluntary manslaughter by jurors in August. He killed 16-year-old Eddwin Ramos-Figueroa in a shooting on the 2600 block of Donna Street in North Las Vegas.

A judge ruled Ayala would be tried as an adult in 2023, the year of the slaying.

District Judge Carli Kierny ordered a suspended sentence of four to 20 years for Ayala.

She said he had done well while on house arrest during the case. His actions over the last few years and the jury’s verdict prompted her decision to give him probation, she said.

The judge ordered Ayala to do 100 hours of community service, graduate high school or obtain a GED and then enroll in college or a job training program

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