Man Sentenced for Firing AK-47 at Trick-or-Treater

12-year-old boy killed, stepfather and brother wounded in incident
By Newser Editors and Wire Services
Posted Oct 9, 2013 3:36 PM CDT
Man Sentenced for Firing AK-47 at Trick-or-Treater
In this 2008 file photo, Quentin Patrick attends his bond hearing at the Sumter-Lee County Detention Center in Sumter, SC.   (AP Photo/Brett Flashnick/File)

A 27-year-old South Carolina man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for killing a trick-or-treater who came to his door on Halloween 2008. Quentin Patrick was sentenced Tuesday after pleading guilty to murder in the death of TJ Darrisaw. Prosecutors say the 12-year-old boy was shot at least a dozen times as he stood on the porch of Patrick's home in Sumter. The boy's stepfather and a brother were wounded.

Patrick is a convicted drug dealer who said he fired his AK-47 because he thought a rival drug dealer was back to shoot him again. Patrick has already been sentenced to more than 16 years in federal prison after pleading guilty to being a felon in possession of a weapon. (More trick-or-treaters stories.)

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