SAN FRANCISCO — A man in his 20s was sentenced to a year in federal prison for possessing ammunition on the day he barely survived a shooting that killed his friend, court records show.

Marco Martinez, 28, was smoking marijuana at a bus stop near 24th and Mission Streets in 2021, when a man identified as Keshon Wilson came up and sprayed the area with bullets. Martinez was struck five times and his friend, 26-year-old Isaiah Cardenas, was killed, court records show. Wilson, 24, was later convicted of first degree murder.

But while Martinez made it out of the harrowing incident alive, his legal problems were just beginning. He was carrying a loaded, unregistered pistol that day, and a prior robbery conviction made his gun possession illegal. He was charged with being a felon in possession

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