CANON CITY, Colo. (AP) - A 25-year-old Colorado man has been sentenced to 32 years in prison for fatally shooting his grandfather in a McDonald’s parking lot.
The Pueblo Chieftain reports that Zebulon Montgomery was sentenced on Tuesday after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the shooting of 62-year-old Kelly Ray Smith.
The incident occurred as the two were inside a truck in the restaurant parking lot following a purchase at the drive-through. Video surveillance footage obtained by police showed Smith was driving, pulling slowly into a parking space, when Montgomery shot him in the head.
Montgomery’s attorney, public defender Alexandra Roback, did not make a plea for leniency for her client. But Roback pointed out that Montgomery had fetal exposure to drugs and alcohol, which could have led to his inability to foresee consequences.
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Information from: The Pueblo Chieftain, http://www.chieftain.com
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