Assailant pleads guilty in shooting that left cheerleader paralyzed

The San Diego County Superior Court in downtown San Diego File photo by Chris Stone Times of San Diego A man who opened fire outside a party in Talmadge and shot a teen bystander leaving her paralyzed has pleaded guilty in the two-year-old circumstance Juan Diaz Velazco is set to be sentenced later to years in state prison for attempted murder and assault with a semiautomatic firearm causing paralysis San Diego police revealed gunfire broke out in the early-morning hours of Oct amid a fight between two groups of people on Winona Avenue According to the San Diego County District Attorney s Office the shooting happened after gang members issued gang challenges to rivals outside of a high school party Diaz Velazco fired the first shots which hit and paralyzed an innocent girl who was a high school cheerleader Prosecutors noted the gunshots fired by the defendant who was at the time struck Brianna Wallace in the back Wallace then a Lincoln High School pupil was paralyzed from the waist down as a effect