Man Gets 5 Years For Crystal Skate Park Shooting
MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) – A west metro man was sentenced to more than 5 years in prison for shooting a teenager in the leg at a skate park earlier this year.
Hennepin County officials say Ivan Giovani Hernandez-Enriquez, of Crystal, was sentenced Monday to 66 months in prison, with credit for 60 days served.
Hernandez-Enriquez pleaded guilty first-degree assault in connection to the June 1 shooting.
According to police, the shooting happened at a Crystal skate park. Witnesses said Hernandez-Enriquez, who was then 19, shot an 18-year-old rival in the thigh and fled the scene.
Hernandez-Enriquez admitting to shooting the teenager, but denied trying to kill him.
He told investigators he threw his gun into a lake.
