SANTA ANA, Calif., Aug. 23 (UPI) -- A 14-year-old boy in California has been convicted of participating in a gang killing when he was 12.
A juvenile judge in Orange County found the boy guilty of murder by aiding and abetting Thursday, The Orange County Register reported. He faces a maximum sentence of incarceration in a juvenile facility until he is 25. Sentencing is scheduled for October.
The killing in September 2006 was in revenge for the stabbing of Oscar Gonzalez, 14. Gonzalez was killed by members of an Asian gang during a dispute about gang graffiti.
Investigators said members of the Lil Mini gang met immediately after Gonzalez was killed and decided to take revenge. Gonzalez's brother, Sergio, 15, Antonio Barbosa, 18, and the 12-year-old went looking for someone and killed a man who was not involved in Oscar Gonzalez's death.
Barbosa and Sergio Gonzalez were tried and convicted. Both are serving 40 years to life.
