Conviction: 202 years for one defendant in Masonic Lodge killings

Izac McCloud, a 19-year-old black man, was convicted last month of two counts of second-degree murder and 46 counts of assault. On Oct. 7, McCloud was sentenced to the maximum term of 202 years to life in state prison, according to a press release from the Los Angeles County district attorney's office.

Officials said that McCloud and co-defendant Jonzel Stringer, a 22-year-old black man, were among a group of more than 400 people who attended a birthday party at the Lakewood Masonic Lodge on Jan. 19, 2008.

Stringer got into a fight inside the lodge, came outside, and told McCloud to shoot. Standing outside a window, McCloud fired a handgun 10 times at partygoers inside, the prosecution alleged.

In the midst of the gunfire, Dennis Moses, a 17-year-old black man, and Breon Taylor, a 15-year-old black girl, were hit. The two were taken to a local hospital where they died the next day, authorities said. Another teenager was shot but did not suffer life-threatening injuries.

In addition to serving life in prison, Long Beach Superior Court Judge Mark Kim ordered McCloud to pay $4,472.43 to the surviving victim and $2,716.10 to Moses' mother.

McCloud was further ordered to pay $15,000 in restitution to the state Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board.

Stringer was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder and 46 counts of attempted murder on Sept. 21. He is expected to be sentenced Nov. 16.

-- Sarah Ardalani