The Brief
- A man convicted in a 1997 double murder inside a D.C. restaurant was sentenced to 24 years in prison.
- Prosecutors said the victims were shot during a fight at what was then Las Rocas restaurant on 18th Street NW.
- The defendant fled to El Salvador after the shooting and was extradited to the United States in 2025, according to prosecutors.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – A man convicted of shooting and killing two people inside a D.C. restaurant nearly 30 years ago has been sentenced to 24 years in prison, federal prosecutors said.
What we know:
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said the shooting happened in the early morning hours of Aug. 9, 1997, at what was then Las Rocas restaurant in the 2400 block of 18th Street NW.…