(Yuba-Sutter, CA) – In Yuba County Court, 19-year-old Gabriel Aguayo pled no contest to the 2nd degree murder of 13-year-old Chance Leon, also of Linda. He also admitted to an enhancement of using a firearm to commit the murder, according to a release from the Yuba County DA’s office. In exchange for the admissions, Aguayo accepts a term of 19-to-life in state prison.

The murder occurred shortly before midnight July 6th, when Yuba County Sheriff’s Department Deputy Daniel Pierce was on patrol near the Shasta Garden Apartments and heard 5 gunshots. He rushed to the scene and rendered first aid until paramedics arrived. However, lifesaving efforts were unsuccessful.

Aguayo was taken into custody a few hours later, at the apartment of a relative he’d fled to.

A specific motive for the shooting was never established according to the DA.