later after being taken off life support.
LANCASTER – Two brothers were sentenced Friday for the 2013 murder of a 7-year-old girl during a car-to-car shooting in Palmdale.
Lancaster Superior Court Judge Eric Harmon ordered Jesus Alberto Peralta, 24, to serve 125 years to life in prison and imposed a 46-year to life sentence on his brother, 21-year-old Carlos Peralta.
The two men, both of Palmdale, were convicted June 23 of one count each of first-degree murder and shooting at an occupied motor vehicle, along with three counts of attempted murder. Jurors also found true gun allegations.
The confrontation that triggered the deadly shooting began around 12:40 a.m. Sept. 4, 2013, at a gas station near Fort Tejon Road and Pearblossom Highway – an area commonly referred to as “Four Points,” according to Deputy District Attorney Jonathan Chung.
The Peralta brothers issued a gang challenge to a man, and following a brief confrontation, the man drove away from the scene with his girlfriend and her two children, according to court testimony. The brothers got in a vehicle, pursued the family through residential streets in Palmdale and fired several rounds at the family’s car, according to court testimony.
Desirae Macias was shot in the head and died four days later after being taken off life support.
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Editor’s note: The coroner’s office had the girl’s name listed as Desirae Macias, while the District Attorney’s Office has it listed as Desiree Ybarra. A previous version of this story had incorrect sentencing terms. Jesus Alberto Peralta was sentenced to 125 years to life and Carlos Peralta was sentenced to 46 years to life in prison, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney’s Office.
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Anonymous says
I personally knew Jesus Peralta. He was a friend of mine. We would hang out, watch movies, share laughs, and joke. Sometimes we would take walks and talk about life. I considered him to be harmless. He never disrespected me or gave me wrong vibes. All of a sudden I stopped hearing him from him. I would text him and call him to see if he was alright. I wouldn’t get a response back. It wasn’t until I came across the newspaper and I found out about the crime he was being charged with. I was completely shocked. I didn’t know what to think. It’s surprises me how things happen for a reason. The people that you think are really harmless are the ones who are not. People need to watch out. Sometimes I feel like I dodged a bullet.
Johnny Trece says
Life consists of constant changes.
Erika says
I am glad that these guys are locked away and they won’t be able to hurt anyone else.
However the mother should make better choices when it comes to her other kids. She has 7 kids and she is under 30.
She left her house at that time to go to the store with her kids and she is also gang “affiliated” and so was her boyfriend.
The mother needs to make better choices and not put her children at risk.
kim says
This woman saved your Life and your kids life .
She stood up to bring justice and put two killers away for life so thank her you and your family are safer now we all are safer now
If she was indeed gang affiliate I don’t think she would have brought justice.
And for the record she had a graveyard shift
MiMi says
2-THUGS DOWN, & TOO MANY MORE TO GO….DUMP THE TRASH ALREADY!!!! MAY YOU/YOU WILL , “DROP THE SOAP BROTHERS” “EVERYDAY”…LMFAO!!! ATTN: NATIVE ANTELOPS, IT’S TIME TO TAKE BACK OUR VALLEY, OUR HOME!! ATTN: NEW COMERS, I’TS A PRIVILEGE LIVING IN THE ANTELOPE VALLEY…..4 THOSE OF YOU, WHO WERE GIVEN A ONEWAY TICKET FROM UNION STATION, HOW MUCH KICKBACK $$ DID PARRIS MAKE OFF EACH HEAD???
Tony says
Animals like these two need to be thrown to a cage full of Lyons, why wasting our tax money to feed them for the rest of their miserable lifes?
Innocent cute little girl had to pay with her life just because these animals wanted to show off.
Only if the so call civil rights were different, cops would be able to stop and search every single gang member on the streets, it is not difficult to identify them, this way lots of innocent lifes could be saved.
RIP little angel, may God give strength to your parents.
Tim Scott says
Your calls for brutality and fascism would be frightening, if you made them a little bit subtle. Stating those ideas so openly would never have gotten Hitler or Mussolini into power. Up your game.
Tony says
The big difference here is that hitler and mussolini killed innocent people, Im in fabor of killing the criminals that do things like this on this article, yes criminals the ones you’re so obsessed in defending at all cost.
I dont have to go far to understand your feelings about criminals as hitler and mussolini, I see that u even took the time to make sure u spell their names correct and that tells me all the respect you have for those two criminals.
I made sure my keyboard didn’t put their names withe capital “h” and “m” Because they dont deserve any respect from my part.
Tim Scott says
Or possibly it shows that i know how to spell.
In any event, you advocate for dismantling the controls that make our government different from theirs. There has never been a good outcome from putting the power of judgement in the hands of law enforcement, ever.
Tony says
Haha!
I wont question your spelling, believe me I will not worry about that.
But if u read what I wrote you will understand that I mean on purpose to put those names in lower case because thats how I spell animals names, but in your case it clearly shows the worship you have for those animals.
Any way, my comments here were and will continue to be about that innocent little girl that had a whole life ahead of her and was terminated by those two animals thst the only sympathy they will get is from you!
Blessings.
jasmine says
just have been served
Johnny Trece says
Yes, justice has been served. They won’t be having a good time in prison for what they did. Southsiders are completely against the way that those two carried out a gangbang shooting. Never shoot at a car occupied by children and shoot in a moving vehicle. It’s against code. They will get broken off hard for that.
MIMI says
gangbang? WHAT IS I’TS PURPOSE IN LIFE TO gangbang???? OR TO BE IN A gang. What is the positive side? Please help me understand.
Johnny Trece says
There are no positive sides to it. There are never any winners. Some gangbangers live long enough to finally realize this and some die or become prison lifers before realizing it.