SEDGWICK COUNTY— A Kansas man found guilty of murder in 2021 drive-by shooting is going to prison.
Jesus Manzano-Legarda, 23, Wichita, was found guilty of 1st-degree murder and criminal discharge of a firearm in the killing of 23-year-old Jacquez Carter of Wichita.
Judge Bruce Brown sentenced him life with the possibility of parole after serving 25 years for the 1st-degree murder and 13 months for the charge of criminal discharge of a firearm, according to the Sedgwick County District attorney's office.
On Sept. 15, 2021, police responded to an injury accident at Harry and Washington regarding a vehicle that hit a pole, according to Office Trevor Macy.
Upon arrival, officers located a white Chevy Monte Carlo that was wrecked and occupied by 23-year-old Jacquez Carter of Wichita who had been shot.
First responders removed Carter from the vehicle, performed life-saving measures but he was pronounced deceased on the scene.
Investigators learned Carter was driving eastbound on Harry Street stopped at Topeka Street in the inside lane at the red light. While stopped, a white SUV pulled into the oncoming lanes beside Carter and a passenger believed to be Manzano-Legarda fired multiple times at Carter, striking him and his vehicle.
The white SUV then fled the scene. Carter began driving eastbound on Harry and lost control of the vehicle at Harry and Meade, struck a light pole and a utility pole at Harry and Washington.
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