Jiang’s boyfriend got out to inspect the damage. But as he did, he saw the driver in the second car point a gun.
Prosecutors say that driver, Holly Davis, exited her vehicle and walked up to Jiang, a 19-year-old Chinese exchange student at Arizona State University sitting behind the wheel of her Mercedes
As Jiang’s vehicle rolled into traffic, striking another car and injuring five people, including a pregnant woman and three children, the shooter jumped back into her own vehicle and fled, prosecutors reportedly said.
Jiang died at a hospital from her injuries.
Police later caught and arrested Davis who was charged with first-degree murder in the Jan. 16, 2016, shooting in Tempe, Arizona.
But in a plea deal, that charge was reduced to second-degree murder. Davis, now 34, was sentenced on Friday to the maximum 25-year prison term allowed under the lesser charge,according toThe Arizona Republic.
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Jiang’s familyconsidered the sentence an outrageand reportedly urged the court to reject the plea deal.
At a news conference last week Xu described Jiang as “a kind, mature and responsible girl who served her family very well. We were very proud of her, and we still are.”
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Wu wept in court as she addressed Davis, saying, “No matter how much you dress yourself up like a human, your horrendous and inhumane acts with Yue’s life will not disappear,” theRepublicreports. “Your stained hands will not turn white.”
She told Davis, “You deserve death.”
“Her life is a prime example of what drugs do,” he said.
Prosecutors did not return a call seeking comment and PEOPLE could not immediately reach Tavassoli. The district attorney’s office has cited “practical realities of the facts and circumstances” in its decision to seek a deal, according to the AP.
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Davis initially denied shooting Jiang “but told investigators if she had been involved, it was because she was depressed and wanted police to kill her,” according to the prosecutor’s office.
Davis, in court, asked for forgiveness through her own tears. “No words can express how sorry I am,” she said, according to theRepublic. “I will live with this for the rest of my life. If I can change it, I would. If I can take her place, I would.”
“I don’t find you a monster,” the judge said before sentencing her, “but what you did was monstrous. It was senseless, and it was cruel.”
source: people.com
