Brisenia Flores Killer, Jason Bush Found Guilty

Jason Bush, 36, was found guilty of shooting 9 year-old Brisenia Flores in the face and killing her. Bush was also found guilty of killing Flores’ father, Raúl. He is eligible for the death penalty, the prevention of which was his defense attorney’s only strategy. The Arizona Daily Star reports:

A Pima County jury convicted Jason Bush Friday in the slaying of a 9-year-old girl and her father and deemed him eligible for the death penalty. Next week, his attorneys will begin to pre-sent evidence they hope will persuade the jurors to spare his life.

The jurors agreed with prosecutors there are three reasons why they should consider the death penalty for Bush: Brisenia Flores’ age; he was convicted of killing another person, her father, Raul Junior Flores; and he committed other serious crimes the same night…

Bush, along with Shawna Forde, was part of the Minuteman American Defense organization that showed up at the Flores home on May 30, 2009 to rob the family. Unfortunately, the pair ended up killing Flores and her father, as well as wounding her mother, Gina Gonzalez.

So sentencing begins tomorrow, Thursday, and we’ll keep you updated as to whether Bush receive the death penalty like his accomplice, Forde, did. Thanks to Bob Quasius for the tip.

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