ST. JOSEPH, Mo. (AP) - A 20-year-old St. Joseph man was sentenced to life in prison without parole for a fatal drive-by shooting.
Khaury El-Amin was sentenced Monday in the October 2017 shooting death of 26-year-old Donovan Smith.
KQ2 reports court documents said El Amin shot out of a car at Smith, who was outside a house in St. Joseph.
Circuit Judge Patrick Robb denied El-Amin’s motion for a new trial before sentencing him to life without parole for murder. He was also sentenced to 25 years for armed criminal action.
Testimony during his trial in October indicated El-Amin killed Donovan because Smith borrowed $300 from El-Amin to pay for his daughter’s birthday party and didn’t repay it.
Smith was in St. Joseph for a relative’s funeral when he was killed.
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Information from: KQTV-TV, http://www.kq2.com
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