A man involved in an evening shooting outside Vancouver’s Washington Elementary School and separate robbery was sentenced Friday in Clark County Superior Court to more than seven years in prison, court records show.
Klay Mantanona, 18, previously pleaded guilty to second-degree assault, possession of a stolen firearm, first-degree robbery and theft of a firearm between the two incidents, which occurred in June 2016. Mantanona was 17 at the time, but his cases were handled in Superior Court based on his age and the nature of the allegations.
Several co-defendants in each case were previously sentenced.
According to a probable cause affidavit, a physical and verbal fight broke out between two groups who met up at the school shortly before 6 p.m. June 13, 2016. Mantanona pulled out a 9 mm handgun, pointed it at the opposing group of juveniles and fired multiple shots. No one was injured.
Mantanona and his accomplices sped away. But police later stopped them at Fruit Valley Road and West Fourth Plain Boulevard. Mantanona told police he fired the weapon at the other group, and school video surveillance showed he was the shooter, the affidavit states.
About a week before the shooting, a 26-year-old man was attacked by several people at Marine Park, 4500 S.E. Columbia Way. He was found lying facedown in a pool of blood, unable to communicate and suffering from severe head and facial injuries, according to a separate probable cause affidavit. He was taken to a local hospital for treatment.
Mantanona and his accomplices were identified as the assailants. They went through Miller’s pockets and took his cellphone, wallet and phone case. They also ransacked his vehicle and stole a 9 mm handgun, which police later recovered, court documents said.
On Friday, Mantanona was sentenced to a total of 87 months in prison, which includes a 36-month firearm enhancement.
