Life Sentence for Softball Field Murderer

TULARE, CA (KMJ) A McFarland man was sentenced Thursday to life in prison for the 2019 murder of a man in Tulare.

Prosecutors say Christopher Gonzalez, 31, shot the victim several times before fleeing the Prosperity Sports Complex in Tulare in August of 2019.

He was arrested a few days later after being found hiding out in Shafter.

Gonzalez pleaded no contest to felony first-degree murder.