{"id":401590,"date":"2026-07-17T01:25:14","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T01:25:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/401590\/"},"modified":"2026-07-17T01:25:14","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T01:25:14","slug":"fresno-man-sentenced-to-25-years-to-life-for-murder-of-food-vendor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/401590\/","title":{"rendered":"Fresno man sentenced to 25 years to life for murder of food vendor"},"content":{"rendered":"

FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) — A Fresno man has learned his punishment more than five years after the shocking murder of a local food vendor and father.<\/p>\n

23-year-old Demarcus Vega was sentenced on Thursday to 25 years to life in prison for the 2021 killing of 45-year-old Lorenzo Perez.<\/p>\n

RELATED: ‘He didn’t deserve to die like this’: Family of murdered street vendor speaks out<\/a><\/p>\n

Vega pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in May of this year.\t<\/p>\n

Prosecutors laid out evidence showing the timeline of the tragic southeast Fresno shooting.<\/p>\n

Police said Vega, who was 18 at the time, pretended to place an order before shooting the well-known neighborhood vendor in the head.<\/p>\n

Vega was arrested days later.<\/p>\n

The victim’s eldest son said in a court statement that his father was a proud, hardworking man and Vega didn’t just take his father’s life but his family’s life as well, altering them forever.<\/p>\n

His father’s death ignited efforts to increase safety for food vendors across the city of Fresno.<\/p>\n

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