Duluth Man Given Maximum Sentence For Deadly Drive-By Shooting

By WCCO Staff, CBS Minnesota

April 17, 2024

DULUTH, Minn. — A 25-year-old man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for killing a teenager and injuring another in a drive-by shooting in Duluth last summer.

Brandon Williams-Gillard pleaded guilty to aiding and abetting second-degree murder, aiding and abetting second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and drive-by shooting in December.

Court documents say Williams-Gillard and his codefendant fired shots from a car on the 2500 block of West Second Street on Aug. 2, 2022, which injured an 18-year-old, and killed 19-year-old Paris Allen.

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