CHARLOTTE — A 22-year-old man was sentenced to prison this week after a deadly shooting that happened back in 2023 in north Charlotte.
The Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department started investigating the shooting after Ja’Kez Kyiesh Johnson was taken to the hospital and died. Johnson was shot in July of 2023 at a home on Curtiswood Drive.
Police had arrested two suspects in the case, Emanuel Isaac Parada and a 15-year-old who wasn’t identified.
Parada, who was 19 at the time, was also charged with possession with intent to sell or deliver marijuana and possession of a stolen firearm.
This week, Parada pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the case.
Parada was sentenced to 157-201 months in prison.
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