Godbey sentenced Alarcon Sanchez to 35 months on a firearm count. That judgment is not a bridge-shooting conviction.

A sentence after a federal prosecution is the end of the trial phase on that count. It is not a new accusation, and it is not a separate conviction for firing from the bridge. On Monday, Sept. 21, 2026, U.S. District Judge David C. Godbey sentenced Jose Raul Alarcon Sanchez to 35 months in federal prison for unlawfully possessing a firearm as an undocumented immigrant. That 35-month term is the judgment on the possession count the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of Texas prosecuted.

He was one of two men seen in widely circulated footage firing weapons from Dallas's Margaret McDermott Bridge on New Year's Eve. Dallas police recovered more than 100 casings from the bridge. A complaint cited about 79 casings in 5.56 or.223, and additional 9mm casings, at his position. He was arrested in January in Grand Prairie on a shots-fired call. Live rounds were in his pockets and in a van. A search of his home recovered multiple firearms, including an AR-15-style pistol linked to casings from the bridge, and a Mexican passport. Coverage of the sentence also states that he had overstayed a temporary visitor visa issued in May 2025. Those are the complaint and search facts in the sentence coverage. The Monday sentence, as the Justice Department and FOX 4 stated it, is 35 months for unlawful possession of a firearm as an undocumented immigrant. No injuries were reported from the bridge gunfire in that coverage.

Anthony Acevedo, 20, was also arrested in connection with the bridge gunfire, on a state discharge charge, and was released on bond. That is co-suspect context on a different file.