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   On January 29, 2024, a jury found Juan Deras Escalante guilty of first-   
   degree murder and 4 counts of discharging a firearm into occupied property   
   connected to the death of 41-year-old Domingo Venencio-Tapia, who was a   
   new father.   
      
   Previous | Murder suspect in custody after 8-hour long standoff in   
   southwest Charlotte   
      
   Escalante was sentenced to life without parole in prison for the first-   
   degree murder charge and given between 8 years, 4 months, and 14 years for   
   the other charges.   
      
   Officials say that on April 29, 2019, then-18-year-old Escalante and his   
   co-defendant, then-17-year-old Gerardo Lagunes, were at a restaurant on   
   South Boulevard and asked Domingo Venencio-Tapia to buy alcohol for them,   
   to which Venencio-Tapia refused.   
      
   According to authorities, Escalante and Lagunes then got into a car and   
   stopped in front of the restaurant. Escalante fired five shots at the   
   establishment—one of the shots hit and killed Venencio-Tapia.   
      
   The next day, police say they arrested Lagunes without issue. Escalante   
   was found later that day; however, he refused to surrender to authorities,   
   leading to an eight-hour standoff. Escalante was later taken into custody.   
      
   Now-22-year-old Gerardo Lagunes previously pleaded guilty to accessory   
   first-degree murder after the fact and was released from prison in April   
   2023, according to the NC Department of Adult Corrections website.   
      
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