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Man Gets 65 Years for Bullet That Killed Omaha 5-Year-Old

Vincent Hicks
Vincent Hicks

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — A 21-year-old man has been sentenced to 65 years in prison for his role in the shooting death of a 5-year-old Omaha girl.

Vincent Hicks was sentenced Thursday. He’d pleaded no contest to second-degree murder and use of a weapon to commit a felony. Prosecutors had lowered the charges in exchange for Hicks’ pleas.

Another of four people charged in the case also was sentenced. Twenty-year-old Jaylen Montgomery was given eight to 18 years in prison. He’d pleaded no contest to two weapons charges.

Authorities say that on Jan. 15, 2014, the four shot at someone they thought was a rival gang member. Their bullets struck three homes. One of the strays went through a wall of little Payton Benson’s home a block away, through her and out another wall.

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