LONG BEACH, Calif. — A 34-year-old man has been sentenced to 358 years to life in state prison for the fatal shooting of 17-year-old Briana Soto and the attempted murder of four minors in a separate attack weeks later, Los Angeles County prosecutors announced Friday.
Troy Lamar Fox, of Long Beach, was convicted in March of first-degree murder for killing Soto and four counts of attempted murder stemming from an April 9, 2024, shooting involving a carload of teenagers. The sentence was handed down Friday in Department S20 at the Long Beach Courthouse.
“Today’s sentence ensures the person who stole her future will never be free to harm another innocent person,” said District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman.
Soto, a high school senior, was walking home from her job at McDonald’s on the night of March 26, 2024, when she was shot near 11th Street and Lewis Avenue. She died three days later in the hospital.
On April 9, Fox opened fire on a vehicle near Pine Avenue and 14th Street that was carrying four minors. No fatalities occurred in that shooting, but all four were the targets of what prosecutors called a premeditated attack.
Fox was found guilty of all charges on March 27, including a special allegation of personally using a firearm in the murder. The case was investigated by the Long Beach Police Department and prosecuted by Deputy District Attorney Robert Song of the Gang Homicide Division.