Overview
- A judge sentenced the three men Tuesday in Alameda County for the 2021 shooting of Kevin Nishita during an attempted equipment robbery, and all remain eligible for parole.
- Laron Gilbert, 31, received 30 years to life after pleading guilty to first-degree murder.
- Shadihia Mitchell, 29, and Hershel Hale, 28, each got 25 years after no-contest pleas to robbery.
- Prosecutors said the crew was targeted for its gear and that none of the men knew Nishita, who was working as a security guard for a TV team in downtown Oakland.
- Alameda County District Attorney Ursula Jones Dickson cited strong evidence and called the first-degree murder plea unusual, while Nishita’s widow said she will attend every parole hearing.