A man convicted of gunning another man down in front of a City Heights home has been sentenced to 35 years to life in state prison.
Michael Hall, 23, was found guilty Friday by a San Diego jury of first-degree murder for the June 27, 2023, shooting death of 35-year-old Cedrick Deshawn Cruz.
Prosecutors say Cruz was shot more than a dozen times just after 11 a.m. in front of his mother’s home. Paramedics took Cruz to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead about half an hour later.
Hall, who was 20 years old at the time, was driven away from the crime scene by his mother, Kiesha Lewis, who helped him flee the state, according to prosecutors. Hall was arrested in Arizona three days after the shooting…