After deliberating for almost four hours, a San Antonio jury found Jeremy Rodriguez, 19, guilty in the murder of two 20 year old’s. According to Prosecutors, Rodriguez shot and killed cousins Paul Gallegos, 21, and Daniel Gallegos, 20, for their money, jewelry and SUV after being influenced by a rap song. The cousins were in the area seeking a record deal, according to family members. Assistant DA Emily Angulo refuted Rodriguez’s claims that the killings were part of a Mexican Mafia hit, carried out by a mysterious character named "Sleepy," whom the cousins picked up on the side of the road in August of 2001. Instead, Angulo claimed, Rodriguez bragged to two associates about the shootings. Angulo said that that as Rodriguez rode in the back seat of the SUV, a rap song by Ludacris came on the radio, which persuaded him to pull the trigger and murder the two men. Rodriguez was convicted of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison. He will be eligible for parole when he is 59 years old. “May you burn in hell in life more than in death because it’s your just reward,” Charlene Gallegos, an aunt, of the cousins said.
After deliberating
for almost four hours, a San Antonio jury found Jeremy Rodriguez, 19, guilty
in the murder of two 20 year old’s. According to Prosecutors, Rodriguez shot
and killed cousins Paul Gallegos, 21, and Daniel Gallegos, 20, for their money,
jewelry and SUV after being influenced by a rap song. The cousins were in the
area seeking a record deal, according to family members.
Assistant DA Emily
Angulo refuted Rodriguez’s claims that the killings were part of a Mexican Mafia
hit, carried out by a mysterious character named "Sleepy," whom the
cousins picked up on the side of the road in August of 2001. Instead, Angulo
claimed, Rodriguez bragged to two associates about the shootings. Angulo said
that that as Rodriguez rode in the back seat of the SUV, a rap song by
Ludacris came on the radio, which persuaded him to pull the trigger
and murder the two men.
Rodriguez was convicted
of capital murder and sentenced to life in prison. He will be eligible for parole
when he is 59 years old. “May you burn in hell in life more than in death
because it’s your just reward,” Charlene Gallegos, an aunt, of the cousins
said.
