Defendant Sentenced to 25-Life for Chasing Down, Murdering Victim

DATE: May 5, 2023

CASE: Victor De La Rosa (Case #20FE010109)

PROSECUTOR: Deputy District Attorney Bret Wasley, Homicide Unit

On September 13, 2022, Victor De La Rosa was convicted by a jury of the second-degree murder of Roy Jimerson.  The jury also found true the allegation that De La Rosa personally used a firearm causing death.

On February 22, 2020, De La Rosa got into a confrontation with the victim, who was a local transient, and a fight ensued.  After exchanging punches, De La Rosa continued to pursue the victim down a street and the two exchanged words.  De La Rosa then fired nine shots from his .45 caliber pistol, striking the victim five times.  The victim died two days later from a gunshot wound to the chest. De La Rosa threw the murder weapon that he lawfully owned in the river and lied to the police when confronted with surveillance footage from the incident. The weapon was never recovered.

The Honorable Curtis Fiorini sentenced De La Rosa to 25 years to life in prison.