Posted on Feb 11, 2022
Ex-Air Force staff sergeant pleads guilty to killing federal guard
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A former Air Force staff sergeant and alleged member of the “boogaloo” extremist movement pleaded guilty Friday in the fatal shooting of a federal security officer in the San Francisco Bay Area amid large 2020 protests against police brutality.
Steven Carrillo, 33, changed his plea to guilty to a federal murder charge in the killing of David Patrick Underwood and to the attempted murder of Underwood’s colleague after federal prosecutors last month agreed not to seek the death penalty.
The men were shot on May 29, 2020, while they stood in a guard shack in front of a federal building in Oakland.
At the time of his arrest, Carrillo was the leader of a team of highly trained Air Mobility Command security forces.
Steven Carrillo, 33, changed his plea to guilty to a federal murder charge in the killing of David Patrick Underwood and to the attempted murder of Underwood’s colleague after federal prosecutors last month agreed not to seek the death penalty.
The men were shot on May 29, 2020, while they stood in a guard shack in front of a federal building in Oakland.
At the time of his arrest, Carrillo was the leader of a team of highly trained Air Mobility Command security forces.
Ex-Air Force staff sergeant pleads guilty to killing federal guard
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..."According to information released by the Air Force Personnel Center in June 2020, Carrillo was assigned to the 60th Security Forces Squadron at Travis Air Force Base in California, where he served as a Phoenix Raven team leader.
Dressed in an orange jumpsuit in federal court, Carrillo read from a plea agreement, admitting to posting messages on Facebook a day before the shooting asking anyone if they were “down to boo” and saying he was ready to act and not just talk. He also admitted firing 19 rounds from a homemade AR-15 rifle.
“I aligned myself with the anti-government movement and wanted to carry out violent acts against federal law enforcement officers in particular,” Carrillo said.
Prosecutors on Jan. 31 said they would not seek the death penalty, but U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said Friday she is not convinced that she will accept the plea agreement between prosecutors and defense lawyers calling for a 41-year prison sentence.
“I cannot accept a plea unless there was a sufficient independent factual basis for the plea,” she said."...
..."According to information released by the Air Force Personnel Center in June 2020, Carrillo was assigned to the 60th Security Forces Squadron at Travis Air Force Base in California, where he served as a Phoenix Raven team leader.
Dressed in an orange jumpsuit in federal court, Carrillo read from a plea agreement, admitting to posting messages on Facebook a day before the shooting asking anyone if they were “down to boo” and saying he was ready to act and not just talk. He also admitted firing 19 rounds from a homemade AR-15 rifle.
“I aligned myself with the anti-government movement and wanted to carry out violent acts against federal law enforcement officers in particular,” Carrillo said.
Prosecutors on Jan. 31 said they would not seek the death penalty, but U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers said Friday she is not convinced that she will accept the plea agreement between prosecutors and defense lawyers calling for a 41-year prison sentence.
“I cannot accept a plea unless there was a sufficient independent factual basis for the plea,” she said."...
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