A double murder suspect in a Sonic Drive-In shooting makes surprise guilty plea, death penalty still on the table
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A Nebraska man pleaded guilty to first-degree murder Monday in the 2020 shooting deaths of two employees at a Sonic Drive-In, prosecutors said.
Roberto Silva Jr. also pleaded guilty to arson, the Sarpy County Attorney's Office said in a news release Tuesday. Police had said Silva set a rental truck on fire in the parking lot of the Sonic in Bellevue, Nebraska, in November 2020 as a distraction to draw people out before opening fire.
Nathan Pastrana, 22, and Ryan Helbert, 28, were killed and two other workers were injured, officials said.
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