Marlon Brandon Valdez, 18 at the time, hid on the roof of a home with an AR-15 and opened fire when the victims arrived. He reportedly got into a fight with the brothers two days before.
HOUSTON, Texas -- A Houston man was sentenced to life in prison without parole for a 2019 shooting that left two brothers dead in northeast Houston.
On Feb. 21, 2019, Valdez climbed to the top of a vacant house in a cul-de-sac on Eastbrook, waiting for the two victims he had been in a fight with at the same location two days before.The district attorney said that particular spot was well-known to youths as a place to settle their differences, known as"The Settling Spot."
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