SEATTLE — A 26-year-old gang member has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for fatally shooting a man in Seattle’s Leschi neighborhood last year.
The Seattle Times reported that a King County judge sentenced Lorenzo Pratt on Friday.
Pratt is a member of the Deuce 8 gang. He pleaded guilty to second-degree murder for killing Deszaun Smallwood in 2014.
According to court records, Pratt was upset about the fatal shooting of his friend, Kevin Brown, five days earlier.
Pratt and Smallwood first fought with their fists, but after someone handed Pratt a gun, he fired six shots, striking Smallwood several times. He died in the street.
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