Two robbers get multiyear jail terms
Two men got sentences of 16 years and 42 years, respectively, for numerous drug, firearm and robbery convictions, including a robbery-turned-shooting in Cranberry last year.
District Court Judge Billy Roy Wilson gave Kahlil Shelton, 23, of Duquesne, a 192-month sentence while Deron Howell, 25, of Swissvale, was handed a 511- month sentence, said U.S. Attorney Scott Brady's office.
In August of 2017, the pair of men and one unknown accomplice arranged to buy six pounds of marijuana at a house in Cranberry, but instead held the drug's two dealers at gunpoint and stole it. When one of the victims struggled and attempted to run from the house, the unknown third person shot him through the chest.
A six-year-old boy was in the room during the shooting. The gunshot victim survived after undergoing surgery at UPMC Presbyterian Hospital in Pittsburgh.
In a previous incident, Howell and two unidentified accomplices robbed professional video gamers at gunpoint of $6,700 in July, 2017, at a gaming tournament in Pittsburgh, according to Brady's office.
According to court records, Howell picked up four professional video gamers from Pittsburgh International Airport, locked them in his car and drove to his unknown accomplices. They pulled the victims from Howell's car and robbed them.
