Man sentenced to life in prison for 2022 murder at Cornelius house party

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) — Twenty-year-old Cesar Yovanni Alvarez-Alcazar was sentenced to life in prison Tuesday after a jury found him guilty of murder stemming from a deadly shooting two years ago.

According to the Washington County District Attorney’s Office, the incident unfolded during a party on Feb. 6, 2022, when an argument escalated into gunfire. Officials described Alvarez-Alcazar as “heavily intoxicated” at the party in Cornelius and got into verbal arguments with multiple partygoers.