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A man who brutally raped and shot his roommate in a Jupiter-area apartment in August 2023 has been given a life sentence.

Palm Beach County State Attorney Alexcia Cox announced on Friday that Jose Carmen Malagon would spend life behind bars, after a jury found him guilty of attempted first-degree murder with a firearm, and sexual battery while in possession of a firearm, in August. The court also declared Malagon a sexual predator.

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