Mississippi man sentenced in killing of his grown son

MCCOMB, Miss. (AP) - A Mississippi man faces 32 years in prison after pleading guilty to killing his son and wounding his niece.

The Enterprise-Journal reports 47-year-old John Edward Young of McComb said nothing in court Monday as he received a 45-year sentence with 13 of those years suspended.

He pleaded guilty to manslaughter, aggravated assault and possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.

His son, Roderick Young, and niece, Brianna Harmon, both of Waukegan, Illinois, were in Mississippi in March 2017 for a funeral. The father and son got into a fight, and investigators say John Edward Young shot Roderick Young six times. The father claimed self-defense.

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Information from: Enterprise-Journal, http://www.enterprise-journal.com