Gang Member Gets 155-Yr Sentence for Killing 16-YO Girl
On December - 19 - 2011
LONG BEACH, CA — A gang member was sentenced Monday to 155 years to life in prison in the shooting death of 16-year-old honor student Melody Ross. Ross was shot and killed while attending the Long Beach Wilson High School homecoming game on October 30, 2009. 18-year-old Tom Love Vinson was found guilty of two counts of attempted murder and one count of attempted voluntary manslaughter.
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