Delaware man who shot and killed man ‘in broad daylight’ sentenced to prison

DELAWARE, Ohio (WCMH) – A Delaware man convicted of shooting a man to death in “broad daylight” will be sentenced to at least 27 years in prison.

Rayshawn Anderson, according to the Delaware County District Attorney’s Office. found guilty of murder He will be sentenced to life in prison on the firearms specification and a weapons charge, with the possibility of parole after 27 years.

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Anderson, now 18, was initially charged in juvenile court, but the prosecution sought to try him as an adult. He was 17 when he encountered the victim, Alonzo Byrd, outside his home in March. shot Byrd five times on the road “in broad daylight”.

According to prosecutors, the trial lasted seven days before the jury reached its verdict.

The sentence includes a mandatory life sentence with the possibility of parole after 15 years for the murder charge, a 6-9 year prison sentence for discharging a firearm on or near a prohibited place, and a six-year prison sentence for two counts of firearm specification. Judge Gormley found Anderson’s behavior warranted consecutive sentences.

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