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Texas man sentenced for local club shooting

Published 6/22/2010 in Local News

By The Telegram

Eric H. Rojas, 23, Amarillo, Texas, has been sentenced to 13 years in federal prison on firearms charges in connection with a shooting incident last year at a club in Garden City, according to a press release from U.S. Attorney Lanny Welch.

Rojas pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful possession of a firearm after a felony conviction and one count of possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. In his plea, Rojas admitted that on Oct. 1, 2009, witnesses saw him fire numerous times into a crowd of people standing in a parking lot outside the Salon Primaveras Dance Hall at 3225 Prairie Ave. in Garden City.

According to law enforcement, five people were leaving the dance hall when Rojas began firing. One was hit in the foot. The other four fled to a vehicle and got inside. As Rojas continued firing, bullets struck the windows and the body of the car. One of the bullets passed through the headrest of a seat where a person was sitting. She was injured when shards of broken glass struck her face.

Investigators learned that Rojas was known to associate with the Azteca street gang in Garden City. One of the victims had been associated with a rival gang called Master Criminal Boy.

Rojas was prohibited from possessing a firearm because of a 2005 conviction in Finney County District Court on a charge of aggravated burglary and a conviction in Potter County District Court in Amarillo on a charge of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

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