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Miami Man Gets 40 Years In Prison For Gun Battle That Killed 6-Year-Old King Carter

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King Carter in a family video.

A Miami man will serve 40 years in prison for starting the gunfight that killed a 6-year-old boywhile he walked to a corner store to buy candy.

Irwen Pressley, on Monday, pleaded guilty to the murder of King Carter, whose death in February 2016 galvanized community leaders and activists in North Miami-Dade neighborhoods wracked by youth violence.

The boy’s father, Santonio Carter,become a prominent voice against youth violence. County leaders even named a street outside the Blue Lake Village Apartments, where King was killed, in the child’s honor.

Read more at our news partner,the Miami Herald.

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