Man gets 358 years in prison for murdering 17-year-old Poly student as she walked home from work

A Long Beach man was sentenced today to 358 years to life in prison for shooting a 17-year-old Poly High School student to death for reasons that remain unknown.

Prosecutors said Briana Soto, who was described as a cheerful and upbeat student, had just clocked out of her job at McDonald’s and was walking home when she was fatally shot near the intersection of 11th Street and Lewis Avenue at about 8:22 p.m. on March 26, 2024.

She was so close to home that her mother heard the shots, according to police.

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Last March, a jury found 34-year-old Troy Lamar Fox guilty of premeditated murder along with four counts of attempted murder stemming from a separate shooting and two counts of being a felon in possession of a firearm…

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