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Man gets life in shooting death at online sale that went bad

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BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — A former football player for the University of Alabama at Birmingham has been sentenced to life in prison in the death of a nursing student shot during an online sale that went bad. Carlos Stephens was convicted in April of capital murder in the 2020 shooting death of 20-year-old Destiny Washington. A judge sentenced the 24-year-old Wednesday. The shooting happened on UAB’s campus during the sale of $90 AirPods. Stephens claimed he fired in self-defense after Washington’s boyfriend pulled a gun first. Washington’s parents stood before the court and delivered an emotional impact statement before the sentence was handed down.

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