Overview
- Jose Antonio Echeverria, 28, and Dallas Stone Pineda, 27, were found guilty of murdering 19-year-old Gabriela Calzada and 17-year-old Briana Gallegos.
- Jurors also found true special-circumstance allegations of lying in wait and multiple murders, exposing both defendants to life without parole.
- Prosecutors described the attack as gang-motivated, saying the girls were lured to a secluded area of Ernest E. Debs Regional Park, shot, and bludgeoned with a rock.
- Because Pineda was 17 at the time of the crimes, he is expected to have a future opportunity for parole despite the life-term exposure.
- The verdict came after deliberations that restarted twice due to a juror replacement, and sentencing will occur before Judge George G. Lomeli in Los Angeles County Superior Court.