SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) – A 24-year-old Springfield man has been sentenced to 25 years in prison for a shooting death that remained unsolved for more than two years. Khalil Gaines was sentenced Friday for second-degree murder in the 2016 death of 18-year-old of Landon Bays in Springfield. Court documents say Bays was shot while trying to sell marijuana to Gaines and 36-year-old Chad Murphy, who is scheduled to stand trial in August. In exchange for Gaines’ guilty plea in October, prosecutors agreed to recommend a sentence of no more than 25 years. A defense attorney argued Gaines and Murphy planned only to rob Bays and the shooting was accidental.
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