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Man Charged In Fatal Drug Paraphanalia Argument Gets Life In Prison

Franklin County Sheriff's Office

A Columbus man convicted of killing another man in a fight over drug paraphanalia was sentenced Tuesday to life in prison. Prosecutors say 21-year-old Nicholas Kean stabbed and killed 21-year-old John Barnett in December of 2015 at the intersection of Briggs Road and Binns Boulevard. Kean said he was acting in self-defense because he thought Barnett was carrying a gun.

Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.