BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (AP) A Bridgeport man has admitted to firing the shots that killed a 34-year-old man and wounded his younger brother in the culmination of bad blood between two families.
The Connecticut Post reports 40-year-old Efrain Rivera pleaded guilty Monday under the Alford doctrine to first-degree manslaughter with a firearm, first-degree assault and a weapons charge.
The Alford plea means that Rivera doesn't agree with the state's evidence but he acknowledges there's enough to warrant a conviction. He faces up to 10 years in prison when he's sentenced on June 17.
Prosecutors say Rivera's shooting of Miguel Martinez and his younger brother Jose stems from a longstanding feud between the Rivera family and the Martinez brothers.
Rivera surrendered himself to police and turned over the gun used in the shootings.