The man who served as a security guard in a shooting spree in South Florida that left three dead and 20 others injured was sentenced to life in prison Friday.
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A Miami-Dade circuit judge said Davonte Barnes, 24, played an integral role in the 2021 Memorial Day weekend shooting at a music venue before he sentenced him to 23 concurrent life sentences, the Miami Herald reported. Barnes was convicted in September of three counts of second-degree murder and 20 counts of attempted second-degree murder.
A man has been sentenced to life in prison for serving as a “lookout” in the am Opa-locka, Florida, gang shooting that left three people dead. (FOX News)
The shootings followed an escalating dispute between two Opa-locka gangs, officials said. Prosecutors showed jurors how they said members of Barnes’ gang entered the parking lot at El Mula Banquet Hall before the show ended and opened fire with high-powered rifles as patrons left. They said the shots came from the occupants of three different vehicles.
Another man had been taken into custody in connection with the shooting, but prosecutors dropped the charges after finding detectives had made a mistake during an interrogation and after the man invoked his right to counsel.
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Those killed in the shooting were Desmond Owens and Clayton Dillard III, both 26, and Shankquia Lechelle Peterson, 32.
