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Suspect In Fatal 2017 Hilltop Shooting Sentenced To Eighteen Years

WCBE 90.5FM | By Jim Letizia
Published March 16, 2018 at 7:55 AM EDT

A Columbus man was sentenced this week to 18 years in prison for the robbery and shooting death of a Hilltop man last year. 

23-year-old Devante Harris pleaded guilty to robbing and killing 23-year-old Laquam Gratsy during a home invasiton on South Ogden Avenue in January of 2017. 25-year-old co-defendant Hakeem Johnston is scheduled for trial in May.
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Jim has been with WCBE since 1996. Before that he worked as a reporter at another Columbus radio station, and for three newspapers in Southwest Florida.
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