Two young men had been shooting plastic water pellets at passersby outside a bar in San Bruno in October 2023 when a fight broke out with a man who approached to ask why they were targeting strangers.

What had started as a juvenile prank escalated quickly and ended in the victim being stabbed 20 times by one of the men – resulting in the removal of his spleen, prosecutors said.

Francis Eugene Morato, a 22 year old from San Francisco who kicked and punched the victim but did not play a role in the stabbing, pleaded no contest to felony assault for his role in the attack and was sentenced Wednesday to two years in prison for the assault, plus an additional one year for a second felony assault case he picked up while in jail awaiting trial, according to the San Mateo County District Attorne

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