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This is just stupidly lenient!
Gang member kills 2 kids and gets only 6 years!!

from https://www.heraldnet.com/2026/06/23/teen-guilty-of-lynnwood-double-murder-given-unusually-lenient-sentence/

Teen guilty of Lynnwood double murder given unusually lenient sentence Published 1:30 am Tuesday, June 23, 2026

By Ian Davis-Leonard Herald Writer

Alexis Pacheco Monrroy, 19, stands with his public defenders after being sentenced to six years in juvenile rehabilitation for the killing of two
teens in Lynnwood during a hearing in Snohomish County Superior Court on
June 23, 2026. (Ian Davis-Leonard / The Herald)
Alexis Pacheco Monrroy, 19, stands with his public defenders after being sentenced to six years in juvenile rehabilitation for the killing of two
teens in Lynnwood during a hearing in Snohomish County Superior Court on
June 23, 2026. (Ian Davis-Leonard / The Herald)

EVERETT rCo Loved ones of two teens killed at a Lynnwood park in 2022 were left distraught after an admitted gang member who pleaded guilty to
their murders received an unusually lenient sentence on Tuesday morning.

Alexis rCLAlexrCY Pacheco Monrroy, 19, will spend just six years behind bars and then be put on probation under a unique sentence handed down by
Judge Joseph Wilson in Snohomish County Superior Court.

Pacheco Monrroy, who was 15 at the time of the shooting, is one of three people charged with murdering Jesus Sanchez Camunas Jr., 16, and Tidus Linville-Goodwin, 15, in a drive-by shooting at Spruce Park in Lynnwood
on July 14, 2022. He pleaded guilty to two counts of second-degree
murder earlier this year.

Prosecutors recommended the teen spend more than 25 years in prison.
Instead, Pacheco Monrroy will be out of custody at the age of 25.

rCLThis was not any type of justice at all,rCY said Bridgett Linville, TidusrCO mother, as she wept outside the courtroom. rCLMy poor son.rCY

Wilson sentenced Pacheco Monrroy to more than 30 years, but much of that sentence will be suspended. Instead, the judge ordered the teen to be
held by the staterCOs Juvenile Rehabilitation division until he is 25,
then he will be put on probation that the judge promised to oversee
himself for the remainder of the sentence.


rCLI am guided in my ruling that I canrCOt just throw a kid away,rCY Wilson said before delivering the sentence. rCLWe canrCOt just lock him up for
life. He has to be given a reasonable opportunity, and I understand he
did not give a reasonable opportunity to his victims.rCY

Prosecutors objected to WilsonrCOs ruling and questioned whether the judge
had the legal authority for the uncommon sentence.

rCLThis manner of a sentence hasnrCOt been done before,rCY Wilson responded. rCLBut if we are to address these things, the trial courts have to be
given some ability to deal with what we are consistently dealing with
because the choices I have been given have all been insufficient.rCY


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Raising CanerCOs opens its Lynnwood locationrCOs door to a crowd of hundreds Family and friends of the two teen victims were already opposed to a
proposed sentencing agreement of about 25 years before learning of
WilsonrCOs decision. Second-degree murder carries a maximum life sentence. Pacheco MonrroyrCOs crimes, which included aggravators for using a gun and committing the crime as part of his gang membership, couldrCOve carried a maximum standard sentence of more than 46 years and a minimum of over 30 years.

rCLYou ended everything for him,rCY Bridgett Linville said to Pacheco
Monrroy during victim impact statements. rCLYou hurt my family. We are the ones who have to live a lifetime of pain. It hurts to breathe sometimes.
We are the ones that truly are getting a life sentence.rCY

Investigators said Pacheco Monrroy along with two other men, Jose
Beteran, 31, and Christian Chavez, 27, killed the teens as retaliation
for a string of violence between rival gangs, including a shooting
involving Pacheco Monrroy the day before.

Witnesses told police the suspects asked the teen victims what gang they represented, according to court documents. When Sanchez Camunas Jr.
responded that he was in a rival gang, the group allegedly opened fire
killing the teens. Beteran, who is Pacheco MonroyrCOs cousin, and Chavez
have both pleaded not guilty to all charges.

As part of his plea, Pacheco Monrroy admitted the shootings were part of
his affiliation with the gang rCLDoble,rCY also known as WBP. He apologized
in court on Tuesday, telling the judge he was blinded by emotions from
the violence the day before.

rCLI understand now that I was not seeing them as people in that moment, I
was seeing them through my anger,rCY the 19-year-old said. rCLCalling it a mistake is not enough, it was a choice I made.rCY

Wilson weighed Pacheco MonrroyrCOs age at the time of the shooting, his upbringing in an environment surrounded by gangs and an intellectual disability that wasnrCOt diagnosed in the teen until after his arrest.

rCLWe want the court to know that Alex is not a heartless person,rCY Emily Hiskes, a public defender representing Pacheco Monrroy, said before sentencing. rCLHe is a young man that is the product of his circumstances.
He is a young man that has never had a chance and we ask you to give him
that chance.rCY

Wilson said this sentencing provided Pacheco Monrroy with a meaningful
chance to be rehabilitated. He said the superior court would monitor
Pacheco MonrroyrCOs behavior after his release on probation and reserved
the right to unsuspend his sentence to send him back to prison if he did
not show any signs of change.

rCLI will look at the future when the future comes, when the facts are in front of me,rCY Wilson said. rCLAt that point in time, werCOll have a better idea of whatrCOs going on with the defendant.rCY

Ian Davis-Leonard: 425-339-3097; ian.davis-leonard@heraldnet.com

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