A District man was sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing a man in front of dozens of witnesses during an illegal dice game in Northeast Washington, prosecutors said.

Rickey Pharr, 28, was found guilty in February of first-degree premeditated murder while armed, obstruction of justice and related charges in the 2010 shooting death of Angelo Jones.

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