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Local Teen Sentenced For Shooting Death Of Playmate

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia,
Associated Press
Published April 30, 2016 at 2:40 AM EDT
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A Columbus teenager will serve six years in prison for accidentally shooting and killing a teen girl in 2014.  Prosecutors say 17-year-old Tayon Dunson killed 17-year-old Shevona Whitehead while playing with what he thought was an unloaded handgun in his South Champion Avenue home.
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