PLEASANTON — A woman who fatally shot a Home Depot loss prevention officer a year ago has reached a plea deal with prosecutors on a charge of second-degree murder, resulting in a negotiated sentence of 19 years to life in state prison, authorities said.The woman who shot Mohs, Benicia Knapps, 33, had been charged with murder, armed robbery, child endangerment and being a felon in possession of a firearm in the April 18, 2023 death of Blake Mohs, 26.
Her co-defendant, David Guillory, 32, had been charged with evading police, resisting arrest, accessory to robbery and child endangerment. He pleaded no contest and was convicted of child abuse, accessory to a robbery and evading an officer, and will receive 7 years and 4 months in prison. Knapps and Guillory then fled in an SUV driven by Guillory that also contained her then-21-month year-old daughter, records said. The vehicle was pursued by law enforcement officers to Ney Avenue in East Oakland, where both Knapps and Guillory were arrested. The child was turned over to relatives.