'Simply Idiots:' Men Who Opened Fire and Killed 3-Year-Old Learn Fate

Mar. 15, 2025

Luis Diaz.Photo:GoFundMe

Luis Diaz

GoFundMe

An Ohio judge sentenced four people to prison on Tuesday, Feb. 18 in connection with the shooting death of 3-year-old Luis Diaz while he was strapped in his car seat.

Juan Davis, 35, and Devonte Parker, 30, were both sentenced to life imprisonment with the possibility for parole in 49 years. They were found guilty on Feb. 11 of murder, felonious assault, attempted murder, involuntary manslaughter and having weapons under disability in connection with the boy’s death.

Katherine Treadway, 31, who pleaded guilty in January to involuntary manslaughter, attempted murder, felonious assault and having weapons under disability, was sentenced to 20 to 25 years in prison.

Jayden Sorensen, who was 16 at the time of the shooting, was sentenced to 11-to-15 years in prison, after pleading guilty to involuntary manslaughter, attempted murder, felonious assault and improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle.

Juan Davis; Devonte Parker.WOIO

Juan Davis; Devonte Parker

WOIO

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At the time of the shooting, the neighbor was about to get into a vehicle with Luis’s 22-year-old mother — a potential witness against Davis in a domestic violence and aggravated burglary case where Treadway was the alleged victim, prosecutors said.

Katherine Treadway and Jayden Sorensen.Cleveland 19

Katherine Treadway and Jayden Sorensen

Cleveland 19

Luis was sitting in the back seat with his 11-month-old brother when “at least five gunshots struck the vehicle, including one that traveled through Luis’s car seat, hitting him in the back,” prosecutors said. He was pronounced dead at the hospital.

According to aGoFundMepage, Luis was “ready to head out for a day to visit his grandpa” when he was struck in the chest.

“3-year-old Luis Diaz died because these four defendants are simply idiots,” Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael C. O’Malley said in a press release after Parker and Davis were found guilty. “The issues between Katherine Treadway and Juan Davis led these four to shoot up a car and kill a child. Simply outrageous.”

In the GoFundMe post, Luis was described as “a child who loved chips, sizzling bacon, Hot Wheels, the show ‘Octonauts,’ and was so full of life with such a bright future ahead of him.”

Attorneys for Sorenson, Parker and Treadway could not be reached for comment. An attorney representing Davis declined to comment.

source: people.com