CANTON A 21-year-old Akron man has been ordered to spend to up to nine years in prison for fatally shooting a Canton man who had broken into a home where the defendant was asleep in bed with the other man s ex-girlfriend.
Lamont M. Buchanan had previously pleaded guilty to attempted murder, felonious assault and having a weapon while under disability.
Stark County Common Pleas Judge Kristin Farmer sentenced Buchanan on charges stemming from July 27, when he shot 25-year-old Isaiah Heard multiple times from behind, striking him in the back area and in the rear of his leg, said Stark County Assistant Prosecutor Donovan Hill.