Overview

• Angel Velasquez Salgado, 21, was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to two counts of murder and related charges stemming from the Dec. 8, 2023 crash.
• The boys, Malikai, 8, and Mason Orozco-Romero, 4, died when their sedan was rear-ended on the I-805 43rd Street off-ramp, sent down an embankment into a tree, and caught fire; two women in the car survived with injuries.
• Testimony detailed a multi-freeway pursuit that began after officers noted a headlight out, with the BMW accelerating away, changing lanes repeatedly, and using the shoulder and a bus lane before the collision.
• Prosecutors said Salgado fled on foot past the burning vehicle, discarded clothing to hide his identity, and was arrested shortly after at a nearby residence.
• Salgado also admitted a hit-and-run causing injury during the chase and felony evading in a separate pursuit months earlier, while the crash continues to fuel a family wrongful-death suit and a policy clash between the oversight commission and SDPD.