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St. Louis (St. Louis Post-Dispatch) — A St. Louis man found guilty in September in a 2016 gang-related killing was sentenced Friday to 140 years in prison.
Circuit Judge Steven Ohmer sentenced Tavon D. Gray, 21, 40 years for first-degree murder and a consecutive term of 100 years for armed criminal action. The sentence for first-degree murder for a juvenile is 40 years.
A jury found Gray guilty of the charges after a trial in September in the shooting death of John Kimble, who was shot 20 times — including six in the head — on Jan. 13, 2016. The shooting was in the 1300 block of North Eighth Street in the city’s Columbus Square neighborhood.
Another man, Travon M. Weatherspoon, 28, of Florissant, is also charged with murder in the same killing. He awaits trial on charges of first-degree murder and armed criminal action.
Gray was 17 at the time of the killing. He and Kimble were involved in drug trafficking and a gang called “Ammo Money Respect,” court records say.
After Kimble was shot, police said Gray jumped into a car and that he and Weatherspoon fled together.
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