‘I beg you to spare his life’: Mother of man convicted in fatal shooting of Hollywood Police officer asks for forgiveness

The mother of a young man convicted of killing a Hollywood Police officer in provided emotional testimony in court as she waits to learn whether her son will face life in prison or the death penalty In video testimony shows in court Wednesday Ingrid Villanueva Pineda described her life trafficked as a child by the man who would eventually become the father of her son Jason Banegas After she described a tumultuous childhood Villanueva Pineda inquired the presiding judge and the jury to save her son Banegas was just years old when he shot and killed Hollywood Police Officer Yandy Chirino in the Emerald Hills neighborhood on Oct Chirino was responding to doable burglary calls when he got into a scuffle with Banegas who is now Chirino suffered two gunshot wounds and was taken to the hospital where he succumbed to his injuries He has since pleaded guilty to this charge and it s up to the jury to decide whether or not he should be sentenced to life in prison without parole or if he should die by lethal injection My son isn t perfect and I beg you to spare his life He has psychological problems and I ask for forgiveness on behalf of my son disclosed Villanueva Pineda in Spanish Please don t take my son s life Give him another chance because what happened was an accident My son has never been inhuman He has unfailingly been a very humble person and I ask the judge to please spare his life In her video testimony Villanueva Pineda also described a life in which she was abused by Banegas father and that her son even as a young boy had psychological problems depression and anxiety If the jury recommends death it would have to be eight of the jurors and only then can the judge sentence him to to death in the state of Florida