Admitted teen killer gets 30 years in fatal shooting of Ventnor grandfather

A man who admitted to killing a Ventnor grandfather when he was 16 was sentenced to 30 years in prison Thursday.

Angelo Delgado, now 22, was a teenager with a history of issues when he shot and killed 61-year-old Sunil Edla outside the man's home and stole his car Nov. 15, 2018.

He was arrested in Atlantic City, after the Surveillance Center tracked him using the parked car.

In 2020, an appellate panel overturned then-Family Court Judge Susan Maven's decision to keep him in the juvenile system.

He pleaded in August to first-degree felony murder, which is a death that occurs during the commission of another crime.

Delgado had allegedly escaped from a juvenile center at the time of the killing, lying in wait before shooting the man who was headed to work, and taking his car presumably to avoid riding his bike in the rain.

The sentence includes no parole. But because Delgado's crime was as a juvenile, he will be eligible for a review after 20 years under the state's Comer Law.

Delgado has had six birthdays since his arrest. His problems have continued while incarcerated.

He was charged with attacking a worker at the juvenile detention center where he was previously held before being moved to the Atlantic County Justice Facility at his request.

Juvenile defendants waived up to adult court can stay in a juvenile facility due to their age unless the state makes a motion to move them.

His mother, Susana Fischer, indicated he had his reasons at the time for wanting to be moved to the adult facility, but has declined to comment on those reasons.

When commenters on social media raised concerns about the then-teen's safety in an adult facility, Fischer said that her son "knows how to protect himself."

It appears instead he incurred more charges, and at least one injury.

Delgado had a brace on his left arm when he appeared in court in October. 

His attorney told the judge her client's arm was broken and his elbow shattered. She said she asked the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office to put in a request to have him moved. 

Delgado was charged with aggravated assault on a corrections officer a month earlier, according to court records. It was not clear if that was the same time he was injured.

The incident that led to his injury was under investigation, Atlantic County spokeswoman Linda Gilmore told BreakingAC at the time.

Nothing was made public in that investigation.

Delgado was moved to the Cape May County jail in July.

He will remain jailed pending transfer to state prison.