PROSECUTOR: Principal Criminal Attorney Caroline Park, Homicide Unit
Leon Tucker, Jr. was convicted by a jury of the second-degree murder of Steven Matthews. The jury also found true that Tucker personally used a firearm causing death.
On December 3, 2017, Tucker shot the victim in the head. The victim, who was homeless, had assaulted Tucker the day before the murder.
Tucker faces a maximum sentence of 40 years to life in prison. Sentencing is set for July 23, 2021, at 9:00 a.m. in Department 14 before the Honorable Tami Bogert.
