By JOHN SAKELOS & ILYA KEYGEN
A teenager was sentenced to 15 years in prison Thursday, in the shooting death of another teenager at a party in Brooklyn last year.
Defendant Jahiem Spruill pleaded guilty to first-degree manslaughter, and second-degree possession of a firearm with each sentence to run concurrently.
Members of the victim’s family addressed the court at the hearing.
“I lost a part of me because you chose to take his life, said the victim’s mother Tianna Williams. “We won’t get to hear his voice again.”
Spruill, who was 17-years-old at the time of the shooting, fatally shot Iquan Williams, 16, at a party in Brownsville on Jan. 4, 2014 after what police sources say was a neighborhood gang-related dispute. His parents said they believed he was not the target of the attack.
Spruill made a half-hearted apology to the family.
“I’m sorry for your loss,” he said, “But it’s crazy that I got 15 years for me defending myself.”
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