Gresham Man Sentenced 7½ Years for Shooting Teen at Clackamas Town Center

Two separate shooting incidents involving teenagers resulted in different legal outcomes in 2025. In Wilton Manors, Florida, 17-year-old Herbe Belony was sentenced to 18 to 36 months in a maximum risk juvenile facility after he accidentally shot and killed his 16-year-old friend, Christopher Granados, while playing with guns. Prosecutors recognized the shooting as accidental, and Belony, who had no prior criminal history, will be on conditional release until age 21 and required to pay funeral expenses. In Oregon, 19-year-old Pedro Anthony Cornejo-Morales pleaded guilty to second-degree attempted murder and unlawful use of a weapon for shooting 15-year-old Zenon Elias Mendez in a Clackamas Town Center parking lot. Cornejo-Morales and an accomplice, Carlos Raul Hererra-Medrano, followed Mendez around the mall before Cornejo-Morales fired five shots, hitting Mendez’s left hand; Cornejo-Morales received a 90-month prison sentence, while Hererra-Medrano awaits trial. The Oregon case involved intent to harm linked to suspicions of Mendez possibly cooperating with police, although Cornejo-Morales denied this influenced his actions, claiming they only intended to fight.