A man was convicted Thursday in a 2021 shooting that left a teenager dead in Annandale, Virginia.
Ezequiel Diaz-Mondragon, 21, is facing life in prison for the first-degree murder of Anthony “Tony” Benitez, 18, on Feb. 19, 2021. He was also convicted of using a firearm in the commission of a felony, which carries a three-year mandatory minimum sentence for a firearm charge.
“This was a heartless, purposeful decision to end someone’s life,” Fairfax County Commonwealth’s Attorney Steve Descano said in a statement…