LANSING, Mich. (WLNS) — A 57-year-old man will spend the remainder of his life behind bars for his involvement in a Could 2023 taking pictures loss of life in Lansing.
Ingham County Prosecutor John Dewane says Kelly Whitt was sentenced to life in jail for a first-degree homicide conviction. He was additionally convicted of armed theft, carrying a hid weapon and three counts of felony firearm. Whitt was sentenced on Monday.
“Gun violence remains a serious concern in our community,” Dewane mentioned in an electronic mail announcement of the conviction Tuesday. Up to now two years, gun fatalities in Lansing have dropped considerably and our workplace is dedicated to persevering with to handle this problem, working with police, neighborhood violence prevention teams and sufferer advocates.”
Kelly Whitt and Jacob Curtis had been charged within the loss of life of Lewis Hill in 2023. (FILE/Photographs/Lansing Police Division)
Police mentioned on the time, in early Could 2023, officers had been dispatched to the 400 block of S. Capital Ave. shortly earlier than 9 p.m. They situated Lewis Hill, 48, with a gunshot wound. He was transported to an area hospital and later pronounced useless.
Whitt and one other man, Jacob Curtis, 24, had been charged with a number of felonies in June 2023 in reference to Hill’s loss of life. Curtis entered a responsible plea to “manslaughter and armed robbery with serious injury, sentenced on Sept 23 to 15 years to 30 years (concurrent sentence) on those charges, with 471 days jail credit,” a spokesman from the prosecutor’s workplace tells 6 Information.
