The Manhattan prosecutor’s office in New York said on Thursday that Douglas Young, found guilty in March last year for killing a Mexican food delivery man steal his electric bike, he was sentenced to imprisonment ranging from 41 years to life.

Young He was put on trial for murder, robbery and illegal possession of weapons. for the death on March 29, 2021 of Francisco Villalba, who was distributing food for various phone applications.

Now condemned shot “doliverista” in the torso, as they are called in New York, for countering an attempted theft of your car as he walked across the basketball court in Harlem’s Latin Quarter after his shift ended.

Villalba was found unconscious and taken to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

Young, 40, immediately left the scene but was identified shortly thereafter thanks to video footage from multiple locations, prosecutors said in a statement.

Villalba’s bicycle was found shortly after in a nearby street.

“Francisco Villalba worked hard to support his family in Mexico and dreamed of buying a house. That dream was cut short when he was shot while on the job,” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg said.

In recent years, several food deliveries have been attacked or killed in New York City after being targeted by intruders who wanted to steal their bikes. and money.

Villalba, who was 39, worked in restaurants for ten years to support his father in Mexico, but because of the pandemic, he lost his job, so he joined a group of food deliveries who work on orders and among other things. teeming with Hispanic workers.

(EFE)