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5 defendants each sentenced to 5 years in plea deal for fatal Alabama birthday party shooting
Five men pleaded guilty to reckless murder and assault in a 2023 Dadeville party shooting that killed four and injured 25, receiving five-year prison terms plus probation.
- Five men—Willie Brown, Wilson Hill, Travis McCollough, Tyreese McCollough, and Sherman Peters—pleaded guilty to reckless murder Friday and received five-year prison sentences plus 15 years of probation for their roles in the 2023 Dadeville, Alabama, birthday party shooting that killed four people.
- Erupting during a birthday party in 2023, gunfire killed four and wounded more than 30 in Dadeville, a city of 3,200 residents in Alabama, drawing national attention to the tragedy.
- District Attorney Mike Segrest defended the plea deals as the best outcome, citing evidentiary limits that prevented determining who fired first during the exchange with Corbin Holston, whose murder charge was dropped.
- Some victims' families sharply criticized the sentences as inadequate, with Amy Jackson, cousin of Shaunkivia Nicole KeKe Smith, telling WSFA that justice would require "at least 30 years" in prison.
- Only Tyreese McCollough addressed the court, saying he was "very sorry" for what happened, while a sixth defendant received youthful offender status, keeping their court records non-public regarding the deaths of Philstavious Phil Dowdell, Marsiah Emmanuel Siah Collins, and Smith.
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5 defendants each sentenced to 5 years in plea deal for fatal Alabama birthday party shooting
Five men charged in a mass shooting at a Sweet 16 party in Alabama were sentenced to five years in prison. The sentences were handed down Friday as part of a plea deal.
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