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The man acquitted by a jury in the 2016 Wilkinsburg mass shooting that killed six adults and an unborn child will serve eight years in federal prison on an unrelated charge of possessing a stolen gun.
Defense attorney James Paulick said that his client agreed to the eight-year term because the prosecution said if they did not, it could have charged Shelton with another illegal firearm possession charge. That charge could have carried a 20-year sentence.
Shelton, who has been in custody since March 2016, is expected to get credit for the nearly five years time he has already served.