PORTLAND, Ore. ( KOIN ) — Enrique Tapia-Chavez was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for murdering 40-year-old Juan Javier Moncivais in a Hillsboro parking lot back in July 2022.
According to the Washington County District Attorney’s Office, the incident unfolded when Tapia-Chavez drove his girlfriend’s car into a parking lot near Southeast 10th Avenue and Southeast Walnut Street.
As Tapia-Chavez arrived, he saw Moncivais walking along Walnut Street and into the same lot. Officials say surveillance cameras then captured Tapia-Chavez getting out of his vehicle and firing a 9mm handgun.
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Moncivais was then shot in the back multiple times and, even after falling to the ground, was shot in the head at close range. Tapia-Chavez then fled the scene, but was arrested by Hillsboro police a few days later on charges of second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon.
On April 26, a Washington County jury found Tapia-Chavez guilty on all charges. The judge also found him guilty of felon in possession of a firearm.