Man Who Fatally Shot 6-Year-Old In Road Rage Incident Sentenced
A lot of conservatives like to say that gun violence isn't the fault of the guns, but I'm sure people like Marcus Anthony Eriz, 26, and others who had access to a firearm during a fit of road rage would beg to differ. It's Eriz's fault that he took 6-year-old Aiden Leos's life as the little boy sat in a car seat while his mother was taking him to kindergarten. But our country is saturated with guns, and that's a problem, too. The Southern California man was sentenced Friday to the maximum possible sentence of 40 years to life in prison.
NBC News reports:
Marcus Anthony Eriz, 27, of Costa Mesa, was convicted by a jury in January of second-degree murder and shooting into an occupied vehicle for the May 21, 2021, killing of Aiden Leos.
Superior Court Judge Richard King said Aiden was "a 6-year-old in the back seat, the most vulnerable victim that you can even imagine, going to kindergarten being driven by his mom."
"I don't think the English language can even attempt, for anybody, to even describe what Aiden's mother went through after he said 'ouch,'" King said. "She pulls over, and her little boy dies in her arms."
Eriz fired a shot at the car after his girlfriend, who was driving their car, cut Aiden's mom off on State Route 55. The girlfriend gave a peace sign and Aiden's mom flipped them off, prosecutors said.