PHOENIX (AZFamily) — A man was sentenced to 30 years in prison for attacking four homeless people in Phoenix last year with a hammer as they slept, killing one of them, the Maricopa County Attorney’s Office announced Tuesday.
Prosecutors say Mahrion Alexio Mendonca, 28, beat the four homeless people in the head with a hammer in two separate attacks in September and October 2025.
One of the victims, a 74-year-old man, died in the hospital days after he was attacked. The three others suffered permanent injuries — one of whom is now in a wheelchair and unable to speak…