Sentencing has been continued to later this month for an illegal immigrant who pleaded guilty to killing a Carson City teen on Mother's Day in Washoe Valley.
Victor Rodriguez was to be sentenced Friday in Washoe County District Court on a count of murder and attempted murder. The hearing has been rescheduled for Oct. 21.
Rodriguez, 24, pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in the May 10 killing of Rene Angulo, 17, on U.S. 395 in Washoe Valley. Rodriguez also pleaded guilty to attempted murder for shooting 51-year-old Wayne Nash.
Washoe County prosecutors were considering whether to seek the death penalty when Rodriguez's lawyer offered the guilty pleas in exchange for sparing his life
Investigators suspect Rodriguez may have carjacked Angulo and shot the teen as he drove his vehicle through Washoe Valley. When Nash stopped to help what he thought was a car accident, Rodriguez shot him in the leg.
In 2004, using the name Steven Contreras, Rodriguez was convicted of accessory to murder in a 2004 killing in Carson City. He received probation on that charge.
He faces up to life in prison without parole, plus an additional 60 years when Washoe District Judge Connie Steinheimer sentences him Oct. 21.
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