Butler man sentenced in Jan. 18 mall shooting
Carlos Gonzalez Carril, 24, of Butler was sentenced in Common Pleas Court to serve 10 to 20 months in Butler County Prison followed by 72 months of probation. He was given credit for having already served 303 days in jail.
Judge Kelley Streib ordered the sentence after Gonzalez Carril pleaded guilty to six misdemeanor charges of recklessly endangering another person in a plea agreement.
In addition to those charges, state police initially charged him with three felony counts of attempted homicide, six felony counts of aggravated assault and three misdemeanor counts of simple assault.
Police said Gonzalez Carril fired numerous gunshots from a vehicle at Damian Blystone, 19, Ryan Ehrman, 21, and a juvenile male who were inside another vehicle in the parking lot between Rural King and Boscov’s around 6:30 p.m. Blystone and the juvenile were shot in the back of their heads, and Ehrman was shot in the right side of his torso. Their injuries were minor. A confrontation inside Rural King preceded the shooting. The mall was locked down following the incident.
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