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Maricio Amar Reyes Valdez was sentenced to a term of five years to life in prison for a Salt Lake shooting.

Valdez and several others were attempting to carjack someone at a party when their friend was hit in the crossfire.

SALT LAKE CITY — The second of three adults charged in connection with a "friendly fire" shooting death of a man at a 2024 Salt Lake party has been ordered to serve a prison term of five years to life.

Both Maricio Amar Reyes Valdez, 20, and Isidore Junior Barrera, 22, of Kearns, were charged in 3rd District Court in February 2024 with aggravated robbery and two counts of shooting someone causing serious injury, first-degree felonies; plus 18 counts of discharge of a firearm, a second-degree felony.

Valdez pleaded guilty on Sept. 2 to just two count

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