Los Angeles hit-and-run driver who plowed into mom and baby in stolen car is murdered after light sentence

Fox News ^ | 1/20/23 | Michael Ruiz

[Levy78]

FIRST ON FOX: A Los Angeles 17-year-old who ran over a mother walking her baby in a stroller in 2021 and received just a few months of diversionary camp as punishment was gunned down in Palmdale, California, this week.

Kristopher Baca, whom Fox News Digital has previously not identified due to his youth, pleaded guilty to the hit-and-run last year.

Deputies found him dead with gunshot wounds in a Palmdale driveway on the 83600 block of 11th Street East on Wednesday evening, according to the sheriff's office.

Sources close to the investigation said he had been at a fast food restaurant earlier trying to "get with a girl."

As he walked home alone, a car pulled up next to him and an argument broke out. Someone in the vehicle opened fire, then sped off.

[dfwgator]

“And we all shine on....”

[Vaquero]

You know what I mean. He’s gone, and we couldn’t do nothing about it.

[dfwgator]

"Your soul is required in Hell!"

[21twelve]

While it might be nice to think that the husband/father meted out justice, it was probably just “Live by the sword, die by the sword” for this thug.

[Carriage Hill]

spjnk.

[dfwgator]

“It was among the Italians. It was real greaseball s___.”

[Tupelo]

It would really be a ‘feelgood’ story if Kristopher Baca were sent to meet his maker by a family member of the young mother.

[Carriage Hill]

Or our own southern border.

[Dave911]

Another POS gets their meeting with Karma.

[Dr. Sivana]

I always figured if crime got too far out of hand that vigilantism would pop up. It is actually taking longer than expected. The next level would be an organized version of this, like the various ethnic mafias of 100 years ago, though not necessarily ethnic.

[Feckless]

YES!!!! I have been advocating for this every time I see the system has failed a victim and their family. Judges, Prosecutors, and Defense attorneys should be considered, as well.

[Chode]

[Loud Mime]

I can’t think of a jury that would convict the shooter. I imagine the investigators in this crime aren’t taking many notes.

[Tom Tetroxide]

Here's me eating fast food at a roundabout!

[Tom Tetroxide]

“I think the actual Justice System is a huge failure.”

Why do you think they call it the Criminal justice system? It’s of, by, and for the criminals.

If it was called the Victim Justice System it would be a different story.

[super7man]

next level would be an organized version

Star Chamber

[metmom]

If the criminal justice system won’t deal with the perps, then people will.

[metmom]

If the criminal justice system won’t deal with the perps, then people will.

[Ronald77]

No, we need a blind justice system that works for everyone equally, and hands out tough sentences. We won’t get that with rats running the legal system.

[Mr. Blond]

Good.