AUSTELL, Ga. — An Austell man convicted in a 2021 deadly apartment complex shooting learned his fate in court Friday.
A Cobb County superior court judge sentenced 37-year-old Sony Lebrun to life in prison without the possibility of parole and an additional 10 years to serve in confinement.
According to District Attorney Flynn Broady Jr., Cobb police responded to a shots fired call on August 6, 2021, at the Premier Lane Apartments in Austell. When they arrived at the scene, they found a vehicle crashed at the gate of the apartments, and the victim, Eric Stone, was shot to death in the driver seat of the car.
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Witnesses on the scene believed Lebrun was responsible. Witnesses said Lebrun and the victim were known to have an "ongoing dispute" after a road rage incident. Shortly after the deadly incident, one individual ran to retrieve a gun from their apartment and fired shots, but no one was hurt in the second shooting.
Police then later brought Lebrun in for questions, where they were able to gather evidence from his phone and surveillance footage confirming his location at the time of the shooting, according to the district attorney's office.
A jury found Lebrun guilty of malice murder, felony murder, aggravated assault and two counts of possession of a firearm by a convicted felon at the start of the month.
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