An 18-year-old man will spend 30 years in jail for two separate deadly shootings that occurred in 2023, the 18th Judicial District Attorney’s Office announced Wednesday morning .
Dhaevontae Rogers-Broadus, 18, was sentenced to 30 years in one shooting and 20 years in the other. The judge ruled during sentencing Wednesday that the sentences will run concurrently, meaning he will serve a total of 30 years instead of 50 years if they had run consecutively.
Rogers-Broadus admitted to shooting and killing 15-year-old Raphael Ivan Velin on Sept. 30, 2023 at Southlands mall. Just 11 days before that, on Sept. 19, 2023, he was charged in the murder of 23-year-old Iraqi refugee Ahmed Zainuldeen outside Zainuldeen’s apartment…