2022 Georgetown double homicide suspect convicted on 17 charges

GEORGETOWN, Del. – A Sussex County man will spend the rest of his life in prison for his role in a 2022 double homicide.

24-year-old Yony Morales-Garcia was convicted on a total of 17 charges, including first degree murder, seven counts of possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony, first degree robbery, carrying a concealed deadly weapon, wearing a disguise during the commission of a felony, first degree conspiracy, three counts of first degree reckless endangering, and aggravated menacing.

During the evening hours of January 22, 2022, Yony Morales-Garcia and a second suspect, Emner Morales-Garcia, walked into the El Napolito restaurant in Georgetown wearing masks. Emner reportedly approaching a bystander, Frank Garza, and stole the necklace he was wearing. As Emner fled, Yony pulled out a gun and opened fire on two other bystanders, Armando Chilel Lopez and Honorio Velasquez. Lopez was taken to Nanticoke Hospital, where he died from his injuries, and Velasquez was pronounced dead at the scene.

Yony Morales-Garcia is scheduled for sentencing on July 12 and faces mandatory life sentences for his murder convictions.