Zuberi Sharp, 26, was sentenced on Tuesday after pleading guilty in March to the second-degree murder<\/a> of his 15-year-old half-brother, Zayde, according to the Ventura County District Attorney\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n He also admitted to several special allegations and aggravating factors, including that he inflicted great bodily injury, that he used a weapon in the commission of the crime and that the victim was vulnerable.<\/p>\n On Dec. 5, 2024, deputies were called to a home on the 400 block of Jeanne Court in Newbury Park shortly after 8 p.m. following his mother’s 911 call from Zayde\u2019s mother, who reported that her son had been struck in the head with an object.<\/p>\n BELOVED TEACHER KILLED AS SHE SLEPT, DAUGHTER STABBED IN ATTACK AS MOTIVE REMAINS UNCLEAR: DA<\/a><\/p>\n Zuberi Sharp was sentenced to 15 years to life in prison. (Ventura County District Attorney\u2019s Office)<\/p>\n The victim’s mother reported that Sharp had attacked Zayde with a pickaxe inside a shed in the backyard.<\/p>\n The teen’s uncle heard a loud thud and rushed to the shed to check on the two brothers. He observed Sharp standing over Zayde while holding a pickaxe.<\/p>\n Zayde was rushed to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead shortly after arriving.<\/p>\n Meanwhile, Sharp fled the scene and was later found at nearby Newbury Park High School, where deputies took him into custody after receiving reports of a man acting erratically on the football field, authorities said.<\/p>\n The victim’s mother reported that Zuberi had attacked Zayde with a pickaxe inside a shed in the backyard. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n The incident forced a lockdown, as student-athletes were on the field when he arrived.<\/p>\n “This sentence reflects the seriousness of a violent and senseless act against a vulnerable victim,” Senior Deputy District Attorney David Russell said in a press release. “While nothing can undo this loss, it ensures the defendant is held accountable and that the victim\u2019s family has been spared the trauma of a trial.”<\/p>\n Investigators never released a motive for the attack, but family members told KTLA they believed Sharp was having a manic episode at the time.<\/p>\n CALIFORNIA MAN PAROLED UNDER ‘YOUTHFUL OFFENDER’ PROVISION FOR 2 MURDERS KILLS AGAIN LESS THAN A YEAR LATER<\/a><\/p>\n Zuberi is also the son of convicted killer Calvin Sharp, who killed a 6-year-old boy with a meat cleaver in 2007. (Thousand Oaks Police Department)<\/p>\n![\"Zuberi](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/california-man-pickaxe-brother-murder-sentence.png\")
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