District Attorney Gregory D. Totten announced today that a jury has found murder defendant Jose Manuel Amaro (DOB 3-19-80), of Oxnard, guilty on all charges and allegations against him.

On December 30, 2011, Amaro shot victim Gabriel Madrigal, who was a passenger in a vehicle which was also occupied by a two-year-old child.

Amaro was found guilty of first-degree murder, being a felon in possession of a handgun, and maliciously discharging a firearm at an occupied motor vehicle. The jury also found Amaro guilty of the July 26, 2012, commission of the following acts: using an express or implied threat of force or violence upon a witness to dissuade the witness from offering evidence against him, and of being a felon in possession of a handgun. The jury further found true the allegations that Amaro intended to cause death when he shot at Mr. Madrigal, that the shot caused the death of Mr. Madrigal, and that he used a handgun in dissuading a witness.

Sentencing for Amaro is scheduled August 18, 2015, at 8:30 a.m. in courtroom 45 of the Ventura Superior Court, County of Ventura. Amaro will be sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole.