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The third of four men tied to the 2009 shooting death of a woman, which occurred when gang members entered the wrong house looking for rivals, has been sentenced to prison.
Alexander Bloomfield, 36, pleaded guilty in July to third-degree felony counts of homicide by assault, felony discharge of a weapon and attempted burglary in connection with the July 19, 2009 death of 21-year-old Krystal Flores, who was shot in the head while was sleeping on a couch in a Salt Lake City home. Flores died at a hospital two weeks later.
On Friday, Judge Randall Skanchy ordered Bloomfield's three convictions to run consecutively, for a sentence of zero to 15 years.
Bloomfield, who was initially charged with murder, admits in a plea document that he gave an address to his three co-defendants, knowing they were going to commit a felony.
In July, Pailate K. Lomu, 27, was sentenced to two to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree felony manslaughter and second-degree felony burglary.
Lomu drove the group of four men to a neighborhood seeking revenge on rival gang members after Lomu was targeted in a prior shooting. Prosecutors have said that the men had been partying before arriving at the home near 1300 South and 1500 West and were so intoxicated and inept that they got the wrong house.
A third defendant, Nitokalisi Niki Fonua, 33, has told police that he quickly realized they were in the wrong house and started to leave. But Fonua said he fired a rifle shot to scare Flores because he thought she was on the phone with police, according to prosecutors.
Fonua in April was sentenced to a two-to-20-year prison term after pleading guilty to manslaughter.
The fourth defendant, George Blake Angilau, 26, has allegedly admitted to firing his gun at a rival gang member while he was outside acting as a lookout. He has a scheduling hearing on Oct. 3.