Two men from Las Vegas have been sentenced for their roles in a fatal incident involving a stolen vehicle and a retired California police chief in August 2023.

Jesus Ayala, 20, and Jzamir Keys, 18, have both accepted separate plea deals in October, resulting in lengthy prison sentences.

Ayala, who was 17 at the time of the crime, received a sentence of 20 years to life. Keys, who was 16 during the incident, was sentenced to 18 years to life. Furthermore, Ayala, who was identified as the driver, was given an additional two to 10 years for a battery charge, as reported by The New York Post.

Judge Jacqueline Bluth expressed the profound impact of the crime, stating, “The Probsts not only have to live with the fact of him being killed in this manner… They had to have been shown what their family member went through and that is a completely different level of pain,” according to KTNV. She added, “There is no excuse for what you two have done and the damage and pain you have caused.”

The victim, retired California police chief Andreas Probst, lost his life on August 14, 2023, in Las Vegas, Nevada, in what authorities have described as an intentional hit-and-run. (Facebook)

The outlet said that two of Probst’s children addressed the court before the sentence was read.

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

The retired top cop’s daughter, Taylor, said that Ayala and Keys took away her father’s chance to walk her down the aisle.

Jzamir Keys is seen in court for his sentencing in the hit-and-run murder of retired California police chief Andreas Probst. (KVVU)

“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 Post.

Probst’s widow, Crystal, expressed her heartbreak, saying that Ayala and Keys “made a choice and that choice destroyed my family.”

“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… Losing him did not just break my heart, it broke the foundation of my life,” the widow said, according to KTNV.

Jesus Ayala is seen in court for his sentencing in the hit-and-run murder of retired California police chief Andreas Probst. (KVVU)

Ayala and Keys chose not to address the court when given the opportunity.

Probst was riding his bicycle on Aug. 14, 2023, when video showed he was struck from behind and was left fatally injured on the side of the road.

In the video of the hit-and-run, the driver asks, “Ready?” as the giggling passenger records the collision on his iPhone.

“Yeah, yeah, yeah, hit his a–,” he tells the driver, who then veers the Hyundai Elantra into the bike lane behind Probst, who is wearing a red shirt and shorts as he pedals. The video then showed the cyclist, later identified as Probst, rolling to a stop on the side of the road.

The Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department (LVMPD) learned of the video, which Keys allegedly shared with friends on Instagram, on Aug. 29, 2023. In a September 2023 statement, LVMP noted that the alleged assailants could be heard laughing in the clip as they fled the scene.

During his arrest, Ayala showed no remorse and bragged that he would get a “slap on the wrist,” according to an incident report obtained by Fox News Digital.

Ayala and Keys are accused of hitting and injuring a 72-year-old bicyclist, who survived, before they allegedly struck and killed Probst, according to the Post, which cited prosecutors.