PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — A 19-year-old suspect in the fatal shooting of 14-year-old Nicolas Elizalde outside Roxborough High School in Philadelphia in 2022 faces decades in prison. Four other teenagers were also injured in the shooting.
Pictured: A portrait of Nicolas Elizalde
Zyheid Jones was sentenced to 30 to 60 years in prison for murder and weapons offenses.
The shooting happened two years ago.
Jones pleaded guilty for his role in the shooting earlier this year.
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The shooting occurred in the 4700 block of Pechin Street just as a junior varsity football game was ending between three schools: Roxborough High School, Northeast High School and Boys Latin Charter School.
Elizalde was a freshman at Saul High School but played football for Roxborough.
Jones reportedly admitted that he was one of several suspected shooters in that incident and that he fired one of the weapons involved.
A second suspect has been arrested in the deadly shooting near Roxborough High School, according to Philadelphia police.
According to police, five suspects waited six minutes before jumping out of an SUV and firing more than 60 shots.
Police had previously said Elizalde was not one of the intended targets.
The other four suspects believed to be involved – Yaaseen Bivins, Saleem Miller, Troy Fletcher and Dayron Burney-Thorn – have all now been arrested.
Elizalde was a freshman at Saul High School and a football player for Roxborough.
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