Photo courtesy Greene County jail
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) — A Springfield man has been sentenced to life in prison in a fatal shooting that prosecutors said began over a missing cellphone.
Keeton Waring, 33, was sentenced last week for second-degree murder in the Feb. 21, 2019, death of Jamie Carroll at a Springfield home, the Greene County prosecutor’s office announced Monday.
Court records said Waring accused several people in a house of stealing his cell phone. He left and returned to the home with a shotgun, which he pointed at another man, prosecutors said.
Investigators said Carroll stepped into the front of the gun and was pushing the barrel away and pushing Waring into a bedroom, when Waring shot Carroll, KYTV reported.
In addition to the life sentence, Waring was sentenced to 10 years for the unlawful possession of a firearm and seven years for unlawful use of a weapon.
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