Man sentenced to 60 years to life for City Heights shooting that killed one, injured another [Breaking]
A man who shot two Bakersfield residents, killing one of them, during a botched marijuana robbery in a City Heights residential area was sentenced Friday to 60 years to life in state prison.
Matatoa Samoata, 22, was convicted of murder by a San Diego jury for shooting Andrew Briseno on Nov. 6, 2020. Briseno died of his injuries three days later. Jurors acquitted Samoata of attempted murder in the shooting of the other victim, but did find him guilty of attempted voluntary manslaughter. That victim survived gunshot wounds to his head, leg and foot.
According to prosecutors, the two victims, both 21 years old, traveled from Central California to meet Samoata and sell him marijuana.When Samoata got into their car near the intersection of Rowan Street and Colonial Avenue about 9:30 p.m., he handed the victims counterfeit money. He tried to rob the two, then shot them, according to prosecutors.
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