A California man will spend just shy of two decades behind bars for killing the mother of his children and wounding her then-boyfriend in a jealousy-fueled instance of gun violence several years ago.

In October, Antonio Saldana Jr., 41, agreed to a plea deal with prosecutors from the Fresno County District Attorney's Office.

On Thursday, after formally pleading guilty, the defendant was sentenced to 18 years to life in the California Department of Corrections by Fresno County Superior Court Judge William Terrence.

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In September 2021, Saldana shot and killed his estranged wife, Lisa Saldana, 33, in the backyard of their residence in Clovis – a large

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