Life in prison for man accused in Globe bar fatal shootings Follow Us
Question of the Day By - Associated Press - Friday, February 12, 2021
GLOBE, Ariz. (AP) - A man accused of fatally shooting three people at a bar in Globe in 2018 has been sentenced to life in prison.
Prosecutors said Sterling Randall Hunt reached a plea agreement in the case and was sentenced Thursday in Gila County Superior Court to three consecutive life sentences without the possibility of parole.
Hunt was 22 years old at the time of the November 2018 shootings.
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