An Anchorage man was found guilty of first-degree attempted murder in Alaska Superior Court Thursday, along with charges of third-degree assault and misconduct involving a weapon.
The verdict was handed down after the six-day trial of 23-year-old Oscar Fabela Villa II, according to a statement from Assistant District Attorney James Klugman. During the trial, jurors were told the events that unfolded between Villa, his sister and her boyfriend in June 2014.
Villa escaped from a halfway house following his bail release in an unrelated criminal case, Klugman stated. He contacted his sister and her boyfriend, and on June 29, the boyfriend threatened to contact police for disputed debit card charges. Villa allegedly replied that he would “put a bullet in” him.
Later that evening, Villa reportedly showed up at the apartment where his sister’s boyfriend lived. After trying to talk the boyfriend into coming outside, Villa fired three rounds into the window where the boyfriend had been standing during the conversation, according to Klugman.
Neither the boyfriend or another person in the residence were injured during the shooting.
Villa was later arrested in October 2014, Klugman wrote. He faces a maximum sentence of 99 years in prison. He is currently being held without bail until his sentencing, which is scheduled for March of 2016.
