Teen sentenced to 20 years in prison in shooting

Published July 20, 2012 12:59am ET



HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — A Hagerstown youth has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for shooting a man in an apparent retaliation for a stabbing.

Seventeen-year-old Dennis Marshall Jr. pleaded guilty to attempted murder while a jury trial was under way. He was sentenced Thursday.

The Herald-Mail of Hagerstown (http://bit.ly/Qes0fX) reports that Marshall admitted to shooting Colin Williams of Hagerstown on Oct. 17. Prosecutors say the shooting was in apparent retaliation for the Oct. 6 stabbing of Malik Scott by Williams.

Williams pleaded guilty to assault for stabbing Scott and testified for the state in Marshall’s trial.

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Information from: The Herald-Mail of Hagerstown, Md., http://www.herald-mail.com