CHARLOTTE, N.C.,None — William Adams Sr. and Veronica Short waited three-and-a-half years for their son's killer to be brought to justice.
A sentence was handed down Friday afternoon, but it was not enough for Adams.
"My son did not deserve what happened to him. He did not," Adams said.
Fifteen-year-old William Adams Jr. was shot and killed at Five-Points Park off Beatties Ford Road in August 2008.
For three days, then 22-year-old Reginald Johnson terrorized communities in west Charlotte.
Police said Johnson went on a violent crime spree from Aug. 19 to Aug. 21.
He stole cars, then randomly pulled up to people on the street, got out of the car, and robbed them at gunpoint. He car-jacked at least two people, and seriously injured two others, shooting a 16-year-old in the back as he tried to run, and another man in the stomach.
Then, within 24 hours the crime spree turned to murder.
Adams was shot and killed when Johnson asked him for money on the afternoon of Aug 21.
Within five hours, Johnson came upon 42-year-old Angela Davis and her husband on Keswick Avenue.
She refused to give him her purse and told him he would have to shoot her. He did, hitting Davis in the chest and killing her.
A massive manhunt quickly followed and Johnson was later found after police got a tip about the make and model of the stolen car he was driving.
He was caught after a high-speed chase.
In April 2011, Johnson appeared in court to plead guilty to all the charges against him, nearly two dozen. In court, he changed his mind and said he did not kill anyone.
The victim's family members were outraged, and had to be escorted out of the courtroom.
On Friday, Adams said he was disappointed at the court system, and how his family was treated.
"You have to keep coming to court, and coming to court because you have a defendant that's playing games with the system. I hate to say it, but he ran this show," Adams said.
After losing his teenage son more than three years ago, Adams said he does have some peace now that it's over.
However, he saw no sympathy in the eyes of Johnson.
"The man has no remorse, that man doesn't have a heart. He doesn't care about any of it," he said.
As part of the plea deal, Johnson was sentenced to two life sentences without the possibility of parole. Adams said he deserved the death penalty, but it was taken off the table as part of the plea deal.
"That man still gets to eat, sleep, breathe. He gets to do all of that. My son is dead," he said.