Marc Siegel shot and killed 43-year-old Michael Moreno while the two argued inside their Antioch home, according to police.
MARTINEZ — An Antioch landlord has pleaded no contest to voluntary manslaughter in the shooting death of his tenant/roommate, and is expected to receive a 13-year prison term in August, authorities said.
Marc Siegel, 46, pleaded no contest in June to killing 43-year-old Michael Moreno. The shooting occurred in May 2020, inside the Antioch home where Siegel lived and had been renting a room to Moreno.Morenoaround 8:30 a.m. on May 18, 2020, at their residence on the 1900 block of Iron Peak Court. Police said at the time that the two argued and that Siegel produced a gun and shot Moreno at least once. He died before emergency responders got there.
Moreno was a military veteran who ran a martial arts studio in Pittsburg, known as the California Combat Academy. He taught self-defense techniques to adults and children. Siegel was initially charged with murder and use of a firearm, and faced a life sentence with the possibility of parole if convicted. In exchange for his no contest plea to manslaughter, prosecutors dismissed the murder charge.
Siegel’s sentencing has been set for Aug. 4. In the meantime he remains in the Contra Costa County jail system.
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