Abq man gets max for murder of teen

the albuquerque man accused of shooting and killing a 17 year old highland high school student-- ...  More »

the albuquerque man accused of shooting and killing a 17 year old highland high school student-- learned his sentence this morning. minute thumbnail 12:01 pm austin reed joins us live from district court to tell us what happened in our top story. austin? the hearing lasted a little over an hour, with a final verdict. -- judge pat murdoch handing down a maximum sentence to raymond lollis. lollis shot and killed 17 year old ryan vigil back in october of 2007. lollis said he did it because vigil and some of his friends were throwing golf balls at cars. lollis was one of those cars struck. well he decided to turn his car around, he pulled out a gun and shot the teen, killing him. -- inside the court room today, family and friends of vigil pleaded for the judge to sentence lollis to life in prison. however, under state law that's not possible due to the fact that this was a second degree murder. "its always frustrating when you talk to the family and rightly so, they want to see some restitution or some way to bring their son back, something that seems equal to the value of what their son is, and there is no way under the minute thumbnail 12:02 pm law for us to do that" lollis will now face 18 years in federal prison somewhere here in new mexico. he'll also face five years of supervised probration afterwards. reporting live from district court in downtown albuquerque, austin reed, eyewitness news 4  « Less