Man sentenced to life in prison for fatal Hillsboro parking lot shooting
PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Enrique Tapia-Chavez was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for murdering 40-year-old Juan Javier Moncivais in a Hillsboro parking lot back in July 2022.
According to the Washington County District Attorney’s Office, the incident unfolded when Tapia-Chavez drove his girlfriend's car into a parking lot near Southeast 10th Avenue and Southeast Walnut Street.
As Tapia-Chavez arrived, he saw Moncivais walking along Walnut Street and into the same lot. Officials say surveillance cameras then captured Tapia-Chavez getting out of his vehicle and firing a 9mm handgun.
Moncivais was then shot in the back multiple times and, even after falling to the ground, was shot in the head at close range. Tapia-Chavez then fled the scene, but was arrested by Hillsboro police a few days later on charges of second-degree murder and unlawful use of a weapon.
On April 26, a Washington County jury found Tapia-Chavez guilty on all charges. The judge also found him guilty of felon in possession of a firearm.
His Thursday sentence came with consecutive sentences of life in prison with the possibility of parole after 25 years for the second-degree murder conviction.
Tapia-Chavez will be transferred to the Oregon Department of Corrections to serve his sentence.