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Man Sentenced For Killing Near Green Lawn Cemetery

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published May 20, 2014 at 11:04 AM EDT
Columbus Division of Police

The man convicted of shooting and killing another man last year outside of Green Lawn Cemetery will serve 23 years in prison. Prosecutors say 21-year-old Akeem Johnson was running away from a fight last June when 21-year-old Dasean Battle chased him on a bicycle and shot him. Prosecutors say Battle was angry with Johnson for flirting with his girlfriend online.

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Jim Letizia
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.
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