Beloit teen sentenced in shooting

By BETH WHEELOCK   Wednesday, Feb. 4, 2009
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A Beloit teen is sentenced on a reckless homicide charge one year to the day after the fatal shooting.

19-year-old Carlos Salas was sentenced in Rock County Court Wednesday to 20 years in prison and 20 years extended supervision. On February 4, 2008, police found 17-year-old Fernando Berrios-Linarez lying on a sidewalk with a gunshot wound near Keeler and Dewey Avenues in Beloit. He later died of the wound, which went through his heart. At the time, Salas denied having a gun and denied shooting anyone. He later admitted he fired a gun at Berrios-Linarez to scare him.

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melstew47
Apr 23, 2009 at 12:22 p.m.
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he should have got life. for taking a life he probably wont even serve it all, he will probably be out before hes 40 years old, only to hurt someone else.

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