Man sentenced to 50 years for 13-year-old boy's death
GRANITE CITY, Ill. (AP) - A man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison for the fatal shooting of a 13-year-old Granite City boy.
The Belleville News-Democrat (http://bit.ly/2l1ilyg ) reports that 21-year-old LaRoyce McFadden was convicted of first-degree murder in December for the fatal shooting of Clayton Veninga during a random dispute with another child in 2013.
McFadden had returned from an earlier fistfight with a 14-year-old with a gun when he fired at a porch where several people were sitting. He hit Clayton, who died an hour later at a hospital.
McFadden apologized to the family during the sentencing hearing.
Clayton's sister, Asia Canter, says her family had been "destroyed" by Clayton's killing.
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Information from: Belleville News-Democrat, http://www.bnd.com