Two people charged in the January shooting death of a Lakewood woman took deals and pleaded guilty on Monday, according to court records.
Manelson Leonel Ramirez, 27, pleaded guilty Monday to second-degree murder in a deal that dismissed three felony charges from his case: first-degree murder, tampering with evidence and witness/victim intimidation, court records show. The deal also dropped two violent crime sentence enhancers.
Flor Maria Contreras-Mujica, 26, pleaded guilty to second-degree assault and criminally negligent homicide, both felonies, according to court records.
That deal dropped charges of first-degree murder, witness/victim intimidation, tampering with physical evidence and third-degree assault from her case. It also dismissed two violent crime sentence enhancers
Lakewood police officers responded to the shooting in the 1400 block of Kendall Street at about 8:30 p.m. on Jan. 14. When they arrived, officers found 26-year-old Nairelis “Junior” Castel suffering from a gunshot wound.
Paramedics took Castel to the hospital, where she later died from her injuries, police said.
Police said the three all knew each other before the shooting.
Ramirez fled the state after the shooting and was arrested in Texas later that month.
He and Contreras-Mujica are both scheduled to be sentenced on Dec. 4, according to court records.
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