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On Tuesday, May 25th, 32-year-old Chance Lee Copeland was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of 37-year-old Cassie Oden in June 2019.
As previously reported by KFYO News, Copeland had originally arranged for a meeting with multiple people back on that day in the 400 block of Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. At some point during the meeting, Copeland fired into a car, striking 24-year-old Preston Beadman, and killing Oden. Beadman suffered moderate injuries in the incident. Authorities described it as a drug deal gone bad.
A witness at the scene told police that before opening fire, Copeland said something along the lines of they re going to learn not to mess with me. Allegedly, Copeland opened fire into the vehicle as it began driving away.
Before handing down Chance Copeland s life sentence for murder, Judge William Eichman in the 364th District Court on Tuesday told the 32-year-old that he believed he didn t intend to shoot and kill the woman driving the SUV carrying three other people two years ago.
However, Eichman told Copeland, who did not testify during his seven-day trial, that he believed the evidence showed that he intended to kill at least one of Oden s passengers. And (the jury) correctly found you guilty of murder, he said.
He denounced Copeland s attempts at manipulating investigators and intimidating witnesses and told him the evidence in the last three days showed that he deserved the life sentence.
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