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Man sentenced in 2016 park killing

Posted at 7:08 AM, Nov 21, 2017
and last updated 2017-11-21 20:35:12-05

A Tucson man was sentenced Monday in connection with a 2016 killing in Santa Rita Park.

Phillip Lewis Jr., who was convicted of negligent homicide -- a fourth-degree felony -- will serve five years in jail. He will get credit for having served 565 days of the sentence already.

Police say Lewis killed the 31-year-old Shane Saint James, whom he knew, following an argument.