A Butler man accused of shooting another man in the City of Butler last year will be sentenced today.
36-year-old Samuel Lopez will be sentenced today for the February 2024 shooting of 32-year-old Jose Rodriguez-Hernandez in the 300 block of East Pearl Street. It’s alleged the shooting was over a dispute about money.
Lopez will be sentenced after being charged with criminal homicide, aggravated assault attempts to cause serious bodily injury or cause injury with extreme indifference, tamper with/fabricate physical evidence, and recklessly endangering another person.
Lopez will plead guilty to aggravated assault, the details of the agreement have not been made public.
The plea agreement will still have to be accepted by Judge Timothy McCune. Sentencing is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at the Butler County Court House.
