ROCKFORD, Ill. (AP) - A 25-year-old Rockford man was sentenced to 37 years in prison for the 2012 shooting death of a teenager outside a northern Illinois gas station.
The Rockford Register Star reports (https://bit.ly/1hkoJnP ) Martell L. Buckley apologized during Monday’s sentencing hearing.
A jury convicted him of three counts of first-degree murder in December for the May 2012 shooting death of 18-year-old Dwayne C. Buchanan Jr.
A 24-year-old man also was sentenced to six years in prison for the Rockford shooting after he pleaded guilty to aggravated discharge of a firearm.
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Information from: Rockford Register Star, https://www.rrstar.com
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