COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A man has been sentenced to 50 years in prison in the 2015 shooting death of an aspiring South Carolina teacher.
Local media outlets report 47-year-old Ibin Patterson was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to charges including murder.
Patterson was arrested last year in the 2015 shooting death of Timothy Gentry. Authorities say the 32-year-old died after being shot in the chest.
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Police linked Patterson to the case after a gun he used days later when he robbed a women, then fired on officers, matched the bullet that killed Gentry.
Authorities say Gentry worked with children, did charity work overseas and wanted to be a teacher.
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