Man charged in deadly Lancaster shooting pleads guilty, will serve up to 70 years in prison

LANCASTER, Pa. — A Manheim Township man will serve up to 70 years in prison after pleading guilty Monday to shooting a stranger to death on a Lancaster street in 2023, prosecutors said.

Edwin Ulysses Concepcion, 25, was expected to go on trial this week for the May 1, 2023 shooting death of 68-year-old Israel Lugo on the first block of West New Street, according to the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office.

Before the trial could begin, however, Concepcion pleaded guilty to criminal homicide, possession of a firearm with an altered manufacturer number, firearms not to be carried without a license, person not to possess a firearm, false statements written under penalty and materially false written statements, prosecutors said…

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