Teen 'trying to figure out life' began executing strangers in public after he 'decided he was going to become a serial killer'

A Nevada antheral is headed to prison for decades aft stalking and killing aggregate people successful nationalist places for nary crushed different than having a thirst for bloodshed.

"He conscionable decided helium was going to go a serial killer," Clark County Chief Deputy District Attorney Marc DiGiacomo said astatine Alonzo Brown's sentencing this week, according to section CBS affiliate KLAS.

The 22-year-old was 18 erstwhile helium committed astatine slightest 3 murders successful Las Vegas implicit a span of six months, which landed him down bars and charged successful 2022. Brown took a plea woody precocious past twelvemonth and was sentenced to service astatine slightest 56 years successful situation connected Wednesday.

Brown's execution spree began successful January 2022, erstwhile helium changeable and killed 24-year-old Dae-von Lane — a idiosyncratic Brown knew personally — portion Lane was walking successful the 5300 artifact of East Tropicana Avenue. His adjacent 2 victims, Paul Viana, 62, and Josue Chaparro-Montalvo, 36, were strangers who were besides killed on Tropicana Avenue successful May and June 2022, respectively.

Chaparro-Montalvo was walking location aft visiting a convenience store, portion Viana was killed arsenic helium was waiting astatine a autobus stop. Brown was caught connected surveillance cameras lurking and pursuing his victims.

"These murders are precise disturbing," said LVMPD Captain Dori Koren during a 2022 property briefing, according to section Fox affiliate KVVU.

"What was particularly disturbing arsenic they reviewed immoderate of the surveillance footage, they noticed that the fishy seemed to stalk the victim," Koren said. "Appeared to beryllium a random killing, determination wasn't immoderate evident motive from what we tin tell."

Describing Viana's decease astatine Brown's sentencing, DiGiacomo said, "He virtually stalks the unfortunate arsenic the unfortunate was waiting for a autobus — and past conscionable walks up to a alien and executes him."

Brown claimed successful interviews that helium was "trying to fig retired life" erstwhile the murders occurred and was not successful a steadfast intelligence state. "A normal, sane 18-year-old kid is not going to spell up and aftermath up and spell connected a sidesplitting spree," helium told KLAS successful 2022.

Brown, who was fixed recognition for clip served, won't beryllium eligible for parole until 2078.