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Omaha man sentenced to life for deadly 2009 shooting

Akeem Jones
Akeem Jones

OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Seven years after a deadly shooting at an Omaha convenience store, the man convicted in the death has been sentenced to life in prison.

25-year-old Akeem Jones was sentenced Tuesday in Douglas County District Court.

A jury found Jones guilty in May of first-degree murder for the 2009 shooting death of 22-year-old Gary Holmes. The shooting also left Holmes’ cousin, 22-year-old Rodney Smith, paralyzed.

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