Man in 2021 Las Vegas motel hostage standoff gets life in prison for 2 murders

LAS VEGAS (KSNV) — A man who was at the center of a 2021 hostage standoff at a Las Vegas motel has been sentenced to life in prison after pleading guilty to two unrelated murders.

Antonio Patrick Barry-Edwards was sentenced Oct. 15 to two consecutive life terms for first-degree murder with use of a deadly weapon. Court documents say his total sentence is life in prison with parole eligibility after 600 months, or 50 years.

Barry-Edwards pleaded guilty to the murders of Sandra Marie Cruz-Lopez and Eric Mosely. Cruz-Lopez’s body was found in a burned-out car near Lake Mead Boulevard in May 2021, and police said she died from multiple gunshot wounds. No details were provided about Mosely’s killing…

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