One of four defendants indicted in the North Las Vegas slaying of a 17-year-old who was walking home from a party admitted Tuesday to being an accessory to the crime.
Victor Cardena-Pizarro, 20, pleaded guilty to harboring, concealing, or aiding a felony offender in District Court that morning. Cardena-Pizarro told Judge Jacqueline Bluth that he had an 11th-grade education and was not a U.S. citizen.
In April, prosecutors charged Damian Delgado, 18, Luis Pizarro-Cardena, 19, Victor Cardena-Pizarro, 20, and Daniel Murillo in the death of Luis Garcia-Molina, 17. According to authorities, police responded to a Feb. 16 shooting near the 4700 block of Corsaire Avenue near North Nellis Boulevard and Las Vegas Boulevard North. Officers found Garcia-Molina on the ground suffering from what appea