Convicted shooter gets 50-year prison sentence

FONTANA -- One of two alleged gang members convicted of attempted murder for shooting at two people was sentenced today to 50 years to life in state prison.

Last month a jury convicted Angel Valencia and Andrew Valdivia, both 20, of two counts of attempted murder and two counts of assault with a firearm for Sept. 2, 2008 incident in Fontana's Southridge neighborhood.

Valdivia was sentenced today in Fontana Superior Court, while Valencia's sentencing was postponed because he wants to make a motion for a new trial.

Prosecutors accused the two men of opening fire on a father and his son following a confrontation over the defendants' alleged tagging and gang threats.

The father, now 42, was shot twice during the incident. His son, now 19, was unhurt.