Two teenagers have been convicted of first-degree murder for killing two teenaged girls in Montecito Heights a decade ago, sparking widespread fear over public safety in the area.

After three-hours of deliberation Monday, jurors found that Jose Antonio Echeverria, 28, and Dallas Stone Pineda, 27, were guilty of fatally shooting bludgeoning 19-year-old Gabriela Calzada and 17-year-old Briana Gallegos. Echeverria was 19 at the time of the murder while Pineda was 17.

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The bodies of the girls were found on Oct. 28, 2015 by a woman walking her dog near Mercury and Boundary avenues along a walking path through Ernest E. Debs Regional Park.

Authorities have alleged the killings were gang-related as the result of a long-run

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