Mark Anthony Estrada, 27, will be sentenced in March to 50 years to life for murdering Hayward police Sgt. Scott Lunger during a 2015 traffic stop.
OAKLAND — Mark Anthony Estrada, the Oakland man who has been in jail for years awaiting charges of murdering Hayward police Sgt. Scott Lunger in a 2015 traffic stop, has accepted a life sentence in a plea deal with prosecutors just one week before trial.
Estrada, 27, accepted a first degree murder conviction, along with a gang enhancement, for fatally shooting Lunger in the early morning hours of July 22, 2015. Lunger, a Brentwood resident and high school softball coach, wasEstrada shot Lunger in the head and thigh as Lunger approached the Chevrolet Silverado he had stopped near Myrtle and Lion streets for swerving on the road at 3:15 a.m. July 22, 2015.
In a written statement, Alameda County District Attorney Nancy O’Malley said she was pleased with the result. Estrada’s attorney didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. “Sergeant Lunger’s tragic death shook the Hayward Police Department and community. Police officers put themselves in harm’s way every day while working to keep our communities safe,” O’Malley said. “It is imperative that we diligently pursue convictions and appropriate sentences for those who injure or kill police officers in the line of duty.”
Estrada was facing charges of murder with special circumstances of lying in wait, which would have made him eligible for life in prison without the possibility of parole. It was
United States Latest News, United States Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Over 100 have cases tied to disgraced former CPD Sgt. Ronald Watts vacatedCook County State's Attorney Kim Foxx spoke after a hearing on cases tied to the disgraced former Chicago police Sgt. Ronald Watts Tuesday.
Read more »
N.J. man admitted to fatal shooting, led police to body of missing man, authorities sayThe family of Jonathan Morris II spent days searching for the man before his body was recovered in Cumberland County
Read more »
Judge Rejects Plea Deal for Man Who Killed Ahmaud ArberyA federal judge rejected a plea agreement that would have averted a hate crimes trial for Travis McMichael, one of the three men convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery
Read more »
Judge rejects plea deal for man who killed Ahmaud ArberyA federal judge has rejected a plea agreement that would have averted a hate crimes trial for the man convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery.
Read more »
Judge rejects plea deal for man who killed Ahmaud ArberyA federal judge has rejected a plea agreement that would have averted a hate crimes trial for the man convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery.
Read more »
As Jason Van Dyke release date nears, some say Chicago police reforms are moving too slowlyWith Jason Van Dyke poised to finish his prison term this week, it has many critics saying that police reforms sparked by the murder of Laquan McDonald are moving far too slowly.
Read more »