The shooting
KYMA’s July 2017 Spanish-language report dates the attack to July 9 on Eighth Street and identifies Richards. The later sentencing report gives the location as the 1600 block of West Eighth Street. Richards died at the scene; his mother was taken to a local hospital and then flown to Phoenix. [1] [2]
One defendant’s court outcome
In February 2019, KYMA reported that Juan Pablo Torres was sentenced to 16 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder. The investigation involved multiple defendants, so that sentence should not be read as the disposition of every person charged. [1] [2]
Case timeline
- July 9, 2017Home invasion and fatal shooting. [1]
- July 12, 2017KYMA reported court appearances and the victim’s identity. [1]
- February 27, 2019KYMA published Torres’s 16-year sentencing outcome. [2]
What this record establishes
This page establishes Torres’s reported outcome only. The reviewed sources do not provide a complete final disposition for all co-defendants or any later appeal.