Sebastian Olivares-Coster, the Helena teen who admitted to fatally shooting a peer and seriously injuring two others last June, appeared in court on Friday and was ordered to serve three life sentences in prison.
Olivares-Coster, 18, pleaded guilty last November to the shooting murder of 16-year-old Cory Andrewski, as well as the attempted murder of two others. The shootings occurred after Olivares-Coster intervened in a text-messaging disagreement between Leary and another boy; the disagreement involved a 15-year old girl. Leary, Andrewski, and Wohlers thought they were meeting the other boy for a fight when they were shot.
Andrewski's mother testified today, asking the judge to follow the state's recommendation of 150 years in prison without parole. Also taking the stand today were teens Kahner Leary and Joey Wohlers; Wohlers was shot seven times on the night of June 3rd, and Leary was shot in each arm and shoulder and in the lower torso.
Do you think the sentence is a bit severe? He only killed one person yet received three life sentences.
Do you think the mother of the dead boy will experience closure and benefit from this heavy sentence? Or does it sound like she's consumed with the kind of hate and desire for revenge and nothing will satisfy?
What kind of gun did he use? It sounds like a lot of shooting doesn't it?
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
"Do you think the sentence is a bit severe? He only killed one person yet received three life sentences."
ReplyDeleteTechnically, you can only serve one life sentence.
"What kind of gun did he use?"
Does it matter? That's like asking what kind of car a drunk driver used to kill a van full of people.
What I meant about the gun was that he fired so many shots, did he have two of them or did he reload or was he using one of those evil high-capacity magazines?
ReplyDeleteWhat I meant about the gun was that he fired so many shots, did he have two of them or did he reload or was he using one of those evil high-capacity magazines?
ReplyDeleteWhy does any of that matter?
Sebastian deserves the worst of it, for doing what he did to not only the family of Cory, but to the community of helena. I havent seen Cory in a few years, but i've known him since we were little. He used to live here in New York and we came in contact again a few years back. Cory was like a brother to me, I loved him SO much. nothing will ever change what sebastian did. when we lost cory, a part of me died. we will never forget him, his memory will live on! and are you serious "he only killed one person" uhmm, NOBODY should have died that night, or even seriously injured like the other two boys. i hope this man rots in jail. rest in peace cory, i love you!!!
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