Alvin Wyatt was sentenced to 70 years in prison for the fatal shooting at a Pleasantville High School football game
The shooter who killed a 10-year-old and injured two others People when he opened fire at a Pleasantville High School football game in 2019 was sentenced to 70 years in prison.
Alvin Wyatt, 35, of Atlantic City, Was was sentenced to prison on Monday And must serve at least 85% of his sentence before being eligible for parole. In July, a jury convicted Wyatt of murder, two counts of attempted murder and unlawful possession of a handgun, among other charges.
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According to prosecutors, on Nov. 15, 2019, Wyatt shot eight times into the stands during the third quarter of a crowded playoff football game between Pleasantville High School and host school Camden High School.
Micah Tennant, 10was shot in the neck and died five days later. Two other people – an unnamed 15-year-old and 31-year-old Ibn Abdullah – were also injured in the shooting.
Abdullah, confined to a wheelchair since the shooting, was Wyatt’s target Atlantic City Press reported. Wyatt was arrested by Pleasantville police officers as he attempted to flee the game.
Four other people left the scene in a car and were stopped and arrested. In 2020, Tyrell Dorn was sentenced to seven years in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted person. He is being held in a state prison in Cumberland County and is eligible for parole next year. Shaheed Dixon was convicted of escape in 2020 and released from prison last year. Charges against the other two were dropped, the Press of Atlantic City reported.
The football game – which one fell into chaos as a spectator and player tried to escape after shots were fired – was postponed. It was completed at a later date at Lincoln Financial Field at the invitation of the Philadelphia Eagles.
Tennant, who was a student at Uptown Complex School in Atlantic City and played football for the Atlantic City Dolphins youth team, was honored by the city in 2020 Park named after him.
The boy’s family filed a civil lawsuit after his death, including in one case accusing school officials of poor security. At a hearing last monthIn this case, the disclosure deadline has been extended to March 1, 2024.
