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OREGON CITY, Or. -- One of two men accused of shooting a teenager at Clackamas Town Center in December pleaded guilty Wednesday in Clackamas County Circuit Court to attempted murder and was sentenced to 90 months in prison.
Pedro Anthony Cornejo-Morales, 19, pleaded guilty to Attempted Murder in the Second Degree and Unlawful Use of a Weapon as part of a plea agreement. Under Oregon law, 90 months is the presumptive sentence for Attempted Murder in the Second Degree.
On Dec. 20, 2024, Cornejo-Morales walked up to a car in the mall parking lot and fired five shots at a passenger, 15-year-old Zenon Elias Mendez. Mendez suffered a gunshot wound to his left hand and was treated at a nearby hospital.
A second man, Carlos Raul Hererra-Medrano, 20, also was charged with attempted murder and unlawful use of a weapon. His trial is scheduled for Aug. 12.
Cornejo-Morales and Hererra-Medrano followed Mendez around the mall prior to the shooting, according to Clackamas County Deputy District Attorney Josh Cutino. Mendez and a female accompanying him realized they were being followed and recognized the two men. They left the mall and when they attempted to drive away, Cornejo-Morales and Hererra-Medrano approached their vehicle and Cornejo-Morales began shooting.
Cornejo-Morales was apprehended near the mall a short time later. Hererra-Medrano was arrested on Dec. 31. Both men are Gresham residents.
Cutino and Clackamas County Deputy District Attorney Jeremy Morrow are the prosecutors on both cases.
Clackamas County Circuit Court case 24CR67783 (Cornejo-Morales)
Clackamas County Circuit Court case 24CR68844 (Hererra-Medrano)
