Tadepa, a married father of three who worked as a security guard before his arrest, faces a minimum of 50 years to life in prison when he is sentenced Nov. 26.

Religious figurines and bright chrysanthemums stood beside the bloodstained sidewalk where a 17-year-old boy fell dead when a neighbor opened fire on a group of skateboarders, authorities said.

SAN DIEGO – A Lomita man who admitted last month that he killed a teen-age skateboarder near the boy’s home was sentenced to 50 years to life in prison Monday morning. Ruben Tadepa, 45, will ...

He saw Tadepa running away with his gun - and then he saw Ray. ''I saw him laying over there - dead,'' Huffman said, sobbing. More like this story. Man charged with murder in skateboard shooting; ...