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District resident Ryan Parker, 24, was sentenced to 12 years in prison for the March 2023 shooting of a man outside of Malcolm's Liquors on Minnesota Avenue NE after he got into a confrontation after asking the guy for a smoke.
According to his plea agreement, on March 6 last year, Parker shot a man twice while they were standing outside the store, and he later admitted that the underlying argument was over the victim's refusal to give him a cigarette.
As a result of the shooting, the man suffered injuries to his hand and leg.
Parker pleaded guilty in August last year to aggravated assault while armed and carrying a pistol without a license. He was sentenced by the judge to 10 years for the assault charge and two for the weapons offense.
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