Artesia shooting suspect sentenced to state prison in 2019 shooting
Carlsbad Current-Argus
An Artesia man was sentenced to prison in a May 2019 shooting that sent a man to a Lubbock hospital for advanced medical treatment, according to court records.
Tyler William Brewer, 27, was sentenced May 19, by Fifth Judicial District Lisa Riley to eight years in state custody for being a felon in possession of a firearm or destructive device, court records read.
He pleaded no contest to the fourth-degree felony charge and was originally sentenced to 18 months in state prison, court records stated.
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Riley added eight years to the sentence since Brewer is a habitual offender, according to court records.
He was given a pre-sentence confinement credit of 370 days by Riley.
Once Brewer's time is done in 2028, he will be on parole for one year, court records indicated.
He was arrested on May 16 of last year in the 4000 block of West Grand Avenue after allegedly shooting another man May 9 near Artesia High School, read a criminal complaint.
During the investigation officers found shell and cartridge casings and a firearm close to the crime scene, read the criminal complaint.
Brewer was seen on surveillance video running from the crime scene around 12th Street and Grand Avenue.
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An eyewitness heard gunshots and observed a man matching Brewer's description firing at a gray sedan matching the description of the injured person's car, read the criminal complaint.
A charge of shooting at or from a motor vehicle-great bodily injury was dismissed by the prosecution, read court records.
Brewer was transported from the Eddy County Detention Center in Carlsbad on May 21 to the Central New Mexico Correctional Facility in Los Lunas, per online jail records.
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