SEATTLE (AP) — A King County Superior Court judge has sentenced two brothers to 40 years in prison each after they were found guilty of fatally shooting two people and injuring three others during a 2016 robbery at a former homeless encampment.
The judge sentenced James and Jerome Taafulisia on Thursday, ending a case that had previously resulted in two mistrials.
The shooting occurred at an encampment below Interstate 5 as a result of a planned robbery of a drug dealer who reportedly owed their mother money. The brothers were minors at the time, but were charged as adults.