The man who shot and killed a 20-year-old stranger before stealing his vehicle at the Federal Way Crossings shopping plaza in 2021 has been sentenced to prison.
Leonel Gonzalez, 37, whose last known address was in Tacoma, was sentenced Jan. 8 at the Maleng Regional Justice Center in Kent to 39 years and three months in the state Department of Corrections for first-degree murder and unlawful possession of a firearm following the shooting death of Ruvim Stukov, 20.
The charges stem from the Dec. 8, 2021, incident in which Gonzalez shot and killed Stukov in the Crossings parking lot, pulled his body out of the vehicle, left him on the ground, and then stole his car. Stukov was a stranger to Gonzalez. Stukov was in the parking lot of The Crossings eating food he had just gotten from Panda Express when Gonzalez attempted to rob him and ultimately shot him three times, killing him before stealing his car, according to court documents…