Man Gets 25 Years to Life for Teen’s 2000 Shooting Death on SD Freeway

Published on May 15, 2024

SAN DIEGO—A man convicted twice of fatally shooting a 16-year-old boy on a San Diego freeway nearly 25 years ago was sentenced May 14 to 25 years to life in state prison. Phong Huynh, 47, was convicted in two separate jury trials in 2015 and 2019 of first-degree murder for the Feb. 13, 2000, car-to-car shooting of Nghia Tan Pham. Mr. Huynh was sentenced each time to 50 years to life in state prison, but appellate courts overturned both convictions. Instead of a third trial, Mr. Huynh pleaded guilty earlier this year to second-degree murder and an allegation of using a gun in the killing. Pham was struck in the head by one of about a half-dozen shots fired at the car he was driving on southbound Interstate 15, north of state Route 52....

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