17-Year-Old Sentenced to Life in Prison for Lancaster County Murder

Elijahuwon Brown, 17, was sentenced to 32 ½ years to life in prison for the shooting death of 23-year-old Rolando Rivera in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania in 2021. Brown was 14 at the time of the murder and pleaded guilty to criminal homicide and firearm offenses. Police found Rivera with multiple gunshot wounds and determined the manner of death to be homicide. Brown apologized to Rivera’s family during the sentencing hearing.

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