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Second suspect sentenced for role in deadly 2023 shooting outside Carolina Forest Planet Fitness
HORRY COUNTY, S.C. (WBTW) — A second man charged in a deadly 2023 shooting outside a Carolina Forest Planet Fitness has been sentenced for his role in the incident, the 15th Circuit Solicitor's Office said Friday.
Branden Huertas, 43, of Trumbull, Connecticut, pleaded guilty on Thursday to accessory after the fact of murder. He was sentenced by Circuit Court Judge Michael G. Nettles to 15 years in prison, the maximum sentence for the charge.
However, Nettles suspended Huertas' sentence to 10 years of prison and three years of probation, which includes requirements such as mental health treatment, drug and alcohol treatment, and counseling during his probation, the solicitor's office said. Huertas' co-defendant, Abdullah Seifullah, was convicted Thursday of the murder and sentenced to life in prison.
David Roldan-Dimas of York County, South Carolina, was pronounced dead at the scene of the shooting, Deputy Coroner Tamara Willard said. It happened outside a Carolina Forest Planet Fitness gym.
During the prosecution's closing arguments, they said Seifullah killed Roldan-Dimas because he needed Roldan-Dimas' Camero. They said Seifullah's car could not be driven and that he needed a car to drive to Connecticut.
Roldan-Dimas was shot in his left shoulder, with the bullet going through several organs and down his back, the prosecution said. He only drove a few feet before he crashed into another car and died.
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