Michael Ortiz, 25, has been sentenced to serve life in prison for the murder of a 32-year-old man that happened along Walker Street in January of 2021.
Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner announced the conviction and sentencing of Michael Ortiz, 25, who killed a 32-year-old man in a shooting along Walker Street in January of 2021Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner and prosecutors with his office announced on Monday, that a 25-year-old man has been sentenced to serve life in prison after being charged in a murder that took place in January of 2021.
On Monday, Krasner announced that a jury had convicted Michael Ortiz for the murder of 32-year-old Luis Alcazar, who was killed in a shooting along the 5700 block of Walker Street in the city's Wissinoming section on January 28, 2021."This is a case that was not easy to solve. It took intense work by a number of detectives and also a special agent in the FBI," said Krasner.
She said after reading the phone, he told his then fiancee that he needed to meet someone and he left the house.She said Alcazar then met Ortiz and the spoke in Alcazar's vehicle. During that meeting, which was caught on surveillance cameras, Lewis said, Alcazar was shot three times. Lewis said that investigation into this incident produced information that found that Ortiz fled from the scene in a"very, very distinct" white Chrysler 200.
In a recorded conversation with his brother -- who is serving a life sentence for a 2019 homicide -- Ortiz discussed that vehicle, Lewis said.
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