Michigan man given life without parole for deadly shooting as a teenager receives lighter sentence
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Odies Murray, now 33, was resentenced to 40 to 60 years in prison for a deadly 2007 shooting in Kalamazoo, Michigan after initially receiving life without parole as a 17-year-old.
The charges stem from an August 2007 incident in Kalamazoo where he shot Tyres Sykes, 19, in the jaw and Walter Revera, 31, in the neck and back after a fight over a slushie drink and a series of "other scuffles." Sykes died two months after the shooting at a hospital and Revera remained in a vegetative state until his December 2010 death at a nursing home, local news outlets reported.
On Wednesday, Murray was resentenced to 40 to 60 years, according to Chief Kalamazoo County Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Jeffrey Williams. He will receive credit for the 14 years served so far.