Jorge Raul Benitez-Mendoza, 21, was a Riverside High School student when he fatally shot Riverside student Angel Canales and Lakeview School student Osmar Banegas.
The two 16-year-old boys were found dead near Brogden Middle School in March 2023.
Benitez-Mendoza, who was 18 at the time of the shootings, pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including two counts of murder.
He was sentenced to 40 years in prison.
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