Providence man given life in prison for 2014 drive by shooting

April 19, 2016 11:10 am

By: Elisha Kay Aldrich

Twenty-two year old Juan Ranero of Providence has been sentenced to life in prison for the May 2014 drive-by shooting that killed 20-year-old Davon Taylor and injured his 15-year-old sister, Destiny. Ranero was given a plea agreement for the slaying, which sentenced him to life in prison, plus 20 years.

Police say that Ranero was driving a car with Joseph “Jo Jo” Taylor, when Taylor reached out of the car’s sunroof and fired into the car of Davon and Destiny Taylor. Authorities believe that Joseph Taylor shot Davon Taylor because they lived in rival neighborhoods.

Joseph Taylor plead guilty to his charges in March 2015 and was also sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years suspended with probation, and without parole.

“On that fateful day, Juan Ranero and Jo Jo Taylor drove around with a loaded .9mm looking for trouble,” said Attorney General Kilmartin. “In the end, a young father and beloved brother was dead and a 15-year-old girl injured, all over a perceived territorial rivalry. Young men, armed with illegal guns with no sense of right and wrong, created this tragic and unnecessary tragedy.”