A 26-year-old Duarte gang member faces spending the rest of his life in prison after a judge on Thursday sentenced him to 246 years for trying to kill seven young people during a drive-by shooting in Pasadena last year.

Deputy District Attorney David Ayvazian said the assailants used an AR-15 and a handgun during the Jan. 16, 2017 shooting in the 800 block of Garfield Avenue. A woman was shot in the right hand. Ayvazian said the then 18-year-old woman lost a finger and two of her fingers are paralyzed.

Pasadena police said another woman suffered cuts to the head from flying glass.

Anthony Deon Edwards took the sentencing quietly, according to the prosecution.

“He’s never said anything, never apologized, never took responsibility,” Ayvazian said. He called all the victims innocent bystanders.

Edward’s attorney, George Woodworth, said his client plans to appeal. He said Edwards wasn’t there during the shooting.

“No witnesses said they saw him at the scene. No witnesses said they saw him shoot a gun. Those are two main facts,” Woodworth said.

Woodworth questioned how Edwards was convicted when his client wasn’t there and did not do the shooting.

On March 28, a jury found Edwards guilty of seven counts of attempted murder, one count of conspiracy to commit murder and one count of shooting at an occupied vehicle. They also found true the gang and gun allegations.

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The second defendant in the case, 28-year-old Marquis Turner, was found guilty of the same charges. He is facing a maximum possible sentence of 301 years to life in prison, according to Ayvazian.

A feud between the Pasadena Denver Lanes and the Du Roc Crips in Duarte led to several shootings between December 2016 and January 2017 including the drive-by shooting on Garfield Avenue. Three men died and two people were injured because of the deadly clash.

On Jan. 16, 2017, the prosecution said Edwards, Turner and another man drove from Duarte to Pasadena armed with a 9mm handgun and an AR-15 rifle.

“They were looking for Denver Lanes (members),” Ayvazian said.

The trio spotted a group on Garfield Avenue and assumed they were rivals, according to the prosecution. But Ayvazian said the victims, comprised of five Hispanics and two blacks, weren’t gang members. He said the victims were unarmed, didn’t know the suspects and didn’t antagonize them.

Ayvazian argued that Edwards and another man started shooting at the group. He thinks Turner drove the car.

Ayvazian had asked the court to impose the maximum sentence of 248 years to life in prison.

Edwards must also pay $7,800 in restitution to the state, according to Paul Eakins, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County DA’s Office.