A 19-year-old Newark man was one of six sentenced for the fatal shooting of a pizza deliveryman in Newark.
Yesterday, Ibn Muhammed, who fatally shot 20-year-old Jesus Torres, was sentenced to 15 years in state prison after pleading guilty on Aug. 4 to aggravated manslaughter and a weapons offense. Mohammed must serve nearly 13 years before becoming eligible for parole.
During separate hearings, five other defendants, all of Newark, admitted their roles in the incident.
Al-Shaqar Williams, 18, who provided the gun to Muhammed, was sentenced to five years in prison on a weapons charge. He must serve three years before becoming eligible for parole.
Solomon Williams, 21, received an 18-month prison sentence on the charge of endangering an injured victim.
He must serve slightly more than four years before becoming eligible for parole.
Faines, 23, and Simmons, 19, were each sentenced to time served and two years of probation on the charge of endangering an injured victim.
Hiers, 18, was sentenced to time served and two years of probation for a weapons offense after throwing a bicycle into a window of Torres's vehicle.
Faines, Simmons and Hiers were in custody for nearly two years before being released after their guilty pleas.
During each of the six sentenced hearings, only Al-Shaqar Williams and Muhammed apologized to the Torres family prior to sentencing.
The day of the incident, Torres crashed his vehicle into a fence at the intersection of 13th Avenue and South 11th Street in Newark.
According to documents, six men then surrounded the vehicle. After the collision caused by Torres allegedly disrupted a block party Hiers said the group decided to damage his vehicle.
According to Hiers' accounts, he threw a bicycle through one of the vehicle's windows while Williams handed a gun to Muhammed to scare Torres.
Muhammed, who was armed, said as he banged on the driver's side window the gun went off, killing Torres.
Torres at the time of the shooting had recently become a father