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Gunman sentenced to prison in fatal shooting of Navy sailor downtown

Summary by San Diego Union Tribune
A man who fatally shot an 18-year-old Navy sailor in East Village was sentenced Monday to 10 years in state prison. Ta’Kari Terell Benness, 21, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and a gun allegation for the Aug. 31, 2024, killing of Albert Lee Soto, an operations specialist seaman apprentice who was assigned to the San Diego-based destroyer USS Pinckney. Soto, a native of Queens, N.Y., had reported to San Diego for military service in Apr…

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Gunman sentenced to prison in fatal shooting of Navy sailor downtown

A man who fatally shot an 18-year-old Navy sailor in East Village was sentenced Monday to 10 years in state prison. Ta’Kari Terell Benness, 21, pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter and a gun allegation for the Aug. 31, 2024, killing of Albert Lee Soto, an operations specialist seaman apprentice who was assigned to the San Diego-based destroyer USS Pinckney. Soto, a native of Queens, N.Y., had reported to San Diego for military service in Apr…

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San Diego Union Tribune broke the news in San Diego, United States on Tuesday, October 14, 2025.
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