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Neither Leonel Gutierrez nor Frank Olano was charged with
killing Wactor, who was shot when he interrupted three thieves
stealing the catalytic converter from his car in downtown Los
Angeles on May 25.
Gutierrez, 19, received four years in California state prison
after pleading no contest to grand theft and attempted robbery.
Olano, 22, who was not at the scene of the killing, was
sentenced to five years and eight months in prison after
pleading no contest to being an accessory after the fact and
receiving stolen property.
Two co-defendants, Robert Barceleau and Sergio Estrada, both 18,
are charged with the murder in the death of Wactor. Earlier this
month, a judge found that there was enough evidence for them to
go to trial. Both have pleaded not guilty.
Police and prosecutors said the 37-year-old Wactor had left work
at a downtown LA rooftop bar with a coworker when he saw three
men who had hoisted his car. One of them fired at him and killed
him, authorities said.
After a long investigation that included police requests for
help from the public and pleas for an intensified probe and
prosecution from Wactor's family and friends, the four men were
arrested in August.
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