Daniel Ruben Martin was sentenced to seven years in prison for his role in the voluntary manslaughter of Michael Shook, a 65-year-old homeless man. Martin pleaded guilty to the charges and apologized to Shook's family.
A young man who pleaded guilty to his role in the killing of a homeless man at Bonita Cove Park was sentenced Thursday to seven years in state prison. Daniel Ruben Martin, 20, was arrested along with a 17-year-old boy in connection with the death of Michael Shook, 65, who was stabbed three times and beaten in the early morning hours of July 5, 2023.
Martin, who was 18 years old at the time of the killing, pleaded guilty in November in San Diego Superior Court to a voluntary manslaughter count, plus an enhancement for personal use of a deadly weapon. The other defendant entered juvenile proceedings and has since pleaded guilty and been sentenced. At Martin’s sentencing hearing Thursday, the victim’s son, Michael Shook Jr., called his father “my role model” and said he “made a positive impact on many lives,” including those of his family and others through his work at the bird show at the Wild Animal Park and as a hospice nurse. Shook said his mother died not long after his father. He said that while he was able to be with his mother when she passed, he “wasn’t able to say goodbye to my father.” Shook told Martin, “My family has a lifetime sentence of grief. Many victims were made that fateful night.” In a statement, Martin said, “I want to apologize so sincerely for all the pain and agony that I’ve brought upon your family and my family as well. I understand anything that I say or do right now will not make what I did that morning ok or bring Mr. Shook back. But I ask your forgiveness to the fullest extent possible.”At a preliminary hearing held last year, San Diego police Det. Chris Bernard testified that Martin admitted to elbowing Shook in the face several times and kicking him in the ribs. “I didn’t kill him, but by the time I was finished with him, he was done,” Martin said, according to the detective. Investigators also asked Martin about the victim’s pants, which were balled up and found near Shook’s bod
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