A man who shot into a car in Minneapolis last May, killing a mother and injuring her 2-year-old child , will serve more than 37 years in prison for the crime.
Ayale Abdullahi Ali, 21, pleaded guilty on Thursday to counts of second-degree intentional murder and first-degree assault for the shooting that killed 35-year-old Lilian Magali Poalacin Perez. A judge subsequently sentenced him to nearly 29 years (347 months) for the murder charge and another eight and a half years (103 months) for assault, to be served consecutively.
Charging documents state Ali shot into the backseat of a vehicle parked in an alley on the 2900 block of 18th Avenue South on May 19, hitting Perez and her child, who was in her arms. The child survived despite being shot twice in the face, but Perez later died at the hospital…