Man sentenced to life in prison for fatal Hillsboro parking lot shooting

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) -- Enrique Tapia-Chavez was sentenced to life in prison Thursday for murdering 40-year-old Juan Javier Moncivais in a Hillsboro parking lot back in July 2022.

According to the Washington County District Attorney’s Office, the incident unfolded when Tapia-Chavez drove his girlfriend's car into a parking lot near Southeast 10th Avenue and Southeast Walnut Street.

As Tapia-Chavez arrived, he saw Moncivais walking along Walnut Street and into the same lot.