Youth pastor’s family reacts to plea deal in deadly shooting

Two men charged with killing a youth pastor in Berkeley in 2022 were sentenced to prison Thursday after seeing the murder case dropped to manslaughter in the lead-up to trial.

In an exclusive interview Thursday night, Tapu Mata’afa shared some of what her family has been through since her younger brother was killed on Telegraph Avenue near UC Berkeley during a conflict with strangers.

“Nothing has been the same,” she said…

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