OREGON CITY, Ore. (TCN) — A 38-year-old man has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole in 25 years for the fatal 2024 shooting of his mother.
KGW reports friends and family members of 61-year-old Rosa Leyva called the police to conduct a welfare check in November 2024 when they were unable to get in touch with her. Responding officers found her fatally shot in the head at the dining room table, covered in pillowcases.
Investigators learned her son, Ronald Kirk, had shot her the day before. According to prosecutors, Kirk had drug and alcohol addiction issues and had come to believe Leyva was possessed, KGW reports…