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D.C. man gets 105 years in quadruple shooting A District man was sentenced to 105 years in prison Wednesday for a quadruple shooting that left one person dead and three wounded.

Seneca Benjamin, 33, fatally shot his uncle’s fiancee and wounded his uncle, cousin and a family friend on April 26, 2009. While a D.C. Superior Court jury was deliberating his case in November, Benjamin pleaded guilty to second-degree murder while armed. The jury had already convicted him on 16 other counts, including various assault offenses, but was deadlocked on the murder charge.

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