WICHITA, Kan. (KSNW) — A man on trial for a pair of killings at a 2023 Halloween party in Dodge City was convicted last week.
The Ford County Attorney’s Office said Monday that after a seven-day trial and about five hours of deliberations, a jury found Ricardo Cadena-Garcia, 39, guilty of two counts of intentional second-degree murder in the shooting deaths of Abraham Morales-Santos and Antonio Cabrera. Prosecutors had charged him with capital murder, but jurors opted for the lesser offense.
The jury also found Cadena-Garcia guilty of attempted voluntary manslaughter and reckless battery for injuring two others, including a man working security at the bar.
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The shooting happened late on Oct. 28 and early on Oct. 29, 2023, at a Halloween party inside Central Station Bar and Grill…