NJ man admits fatally shooting 2 men during home burglary

CAMDEN — A city man on Friday pleaded guilty to shooting to death two men in their home in 2012.

Misael Lopez, 22, admitted to pulling the trigger after he and his brother broke into the North 24th Street.

Lopez killed 2-year-old Louis Narvaez and 28-year-old Jose Payas Garcia, whose bodies were found in the home's kitchen.

Lopez will be sentenced to 30 years in prison and must serve all 30 years before he is eligible for parole, the Camden County Prosecutor's Office said Friday.

His brother, Alexander Lopez, 36, pled guilty in April to second-degree conspiracy to commit burglary. He will be sentenced to eight years in prison and will be required to serve 85 percent of the sentence before he can be paroled.

Sentencing is scheduled for June 23 before Superior Court Judge Richard F. Wells sitting in Camden.

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