Suspect accused of shooting Duke Energy lineman in the face is sentenced: DA

CHARLOTTE ( QUEEN CITY NEWS ) — A suspect who is accused of shooting a Duke Energy line technician in the face during an attempted robbery has been sentenced, the Mecklenburg County District Attorney’s Office announced on Monday.

Officers responded to the incident around 9:30 p.m. on June 18, 2021, near 4100 The Plaza. The Duke Energy worker was found suffering from gunshot wounds and was transported to an area medical center with serious injuries.

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An initial investigation stated that the employee was working as a Duke Energy line technician when two men shot him in the face and robbed him of tobacco and a cell phone, records stated.

23-year-old Sammy Garcia and 20-year-old Javier Martinez-Hernandez were later identified as the suspects, arrested, and charged with attempted murder.

Garcia pled guilty to assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious
injury and robbery with a dangerous weapon and was sentenced earlier this month to at least ten years in prison.

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