Two Las Vegas men who pleaded guilty to deliberately running down a retired California police chief with a stolen car have been sentenced to decades in prison, closing a case that shocked the community and highlighted the brutality of the crime, as reported by Fox News.

Jesus Ayala, now 20, and Jzamir Keys, now 18, learned their sentences this week after entering separate guilty pleas in October for the August 2023 killing of retired police chief Andreas “Andy” Probst.

Probst was visiting Las Vegas when he was struck and killed while riding his bicycle.

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Ayala, who was 17 at the time of the crime and driving the vehicle, was sentenced to 20 years to life in prison.

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In addition, he received an extra sentence of two to 10 years for battery, according to The New York Post. Keys, who was 16 at the time and riding in the passenger seat, was sentenced to 18 years to life.

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Clark County District Court Judge Jacqueline Bluth addressed the severity of the crime during sentencing.

“The Probsts not only have to live with the fact of him being killed in this manner,” Bluth said, according to KTNV.

“They had to have been shown what their family member went through, and that is a completely different level of pain. There is no excuse for what you two have done and the damage and pain you have caused.”

Members of Probst’s family addressed the court before sentencing. His son, Michael Probst, spoke about the lasting impact of the killing.

“I can’t help to think that maybe we wouldn’t be in this situation if the defendants had one parent like my father,” he said, according to KTNV.

“The moment I learned of his death, all I could do was scream and yell. It felt like my heart was just torn into pieces. Our family is forever changed, and the emotional trauma will forever haunt us.”

Probst’s daughter, Taylor, also spoke, focusing on milestones her father will never experience.

“He’ll never have the opportunity to walk his little girl down the aisle and give her away. He’ll never have the opportunity to hold his first grandchildren. And that’s because it was stolen from him,” she said, according to The New York Post.

Probst’s widow, Crystal, described the loss as devastating.

“Andy was stolen from me in an act so cruel, so deliberate that it not only shattered my heart, but the heart of everybody who loved him,” she said, according to KTNV.

“Losing him did not just break my heart; it broke the foundation of my life.”

Ayala and Keys declined to speak when given the opportunity to address the court.

The killing occurred on Aug. 14, 2023. Probst was riding his bicycle when he was struck from behind by a Hyundai Elantra.

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Video of the incident showed the driver asking, “Ready?” before the passenger, who was recording on an iPhone, responded, “Yeah, yeah, yeah, hit his a**.”

The vehicle then veered into the bike lane, striking Probst and leaving him fatally injured on the side of the road.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department said it became aware of the video on Aug. 29, 2023, after Keys allegedly shared it with friends on Instagram. Police said the suspects could be heard laughing as they fled the scene.

According to an incident report obtained by Fox News Digital, Ayala showed no remorse at the time of his arrest and bragged that he would receive a “slap on the wrist.”

Prosecutors also said Ayala and Keys had struck and injured a 72-year-old bicyclist earlier that same day, an incident the victim survived, before allegedly killing Probst.

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