LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) -- A Louisville man will spend more than three decades behind bars for carjacking a mom and shooting her 16-year-old son.
Prosecutors said Eder Mayorga-Sanchez carjacked and robbed several people in October and November of 2021.
The 20-year-old was sentenced Wednesday to 32 years and one month in federal prison on multiple charges.
The Department of Justice said it started investigating in October 2021 when Sanchez carjacked a woman at the Circle K on National Turnpike near Glengarry Drive. The driver of the car was a mom who was with her 16-year-old son, who police said was shot by Sanchez.
Investigators linked him to a robbery at a Valero's on Terry Boulevard, and three other carjacking incidents at gunpoint over the span of a few weeks.
Sanchez was arrested after being spotted at a Dollar General by an off-duty SWAT member.
He was indicted by a federal grand jury in May 2022, and sentenced Wednesday.
After serving his prison sentence, Sanchez will have five years of supervised release. There is no parole in the federal system.
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