Ex-UAB football player sentenced for 2020 shooting death of nursing student
Updated: 5:33 PM CDT May 18, 2022
Ex-UAB football player sentenced for 2020 shooting death of nursing student
Updated: 5:33 PM CDT May 18, 2022
PANDEMIC. FORMER UAB FOOTBALL PLAYER CAOSRL STEPHENS WILL SERVE LIFE IN PRISON FOR THE MURDER OF A NU RSING STUDENT DESTINY WASHINGTON WAS KILLED IN 2019 WHILE MEETING STEVENS TO SELL SOME AIRPODS ACCORDING TO COURT RECORDS. WASHINGTON AND HER BOYFRIEND FELT STEVENSAS W TRYING TO PAY WITH COUNTERFEIT MONEY TRIED TO BACK OUT OF THE DEAL THE STEVENS THEN BEGAN SHOOTING A JYUR FOUND STEVEN’S GUILTY OF CAPITAL MURDER LAST WEEK TODAY.
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Ex-UAB football player sentenced for 2020 shooting death of nursing student
Updated: 5:33 PM CDT May 18, 2022
Former UAB Blazers football player Carlos Stephens was sentenced Wednesday for the killing of a nursing student during an online sale that went bad. Stephens was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted in April of capital murder in the 2020 shooting death of 20-year-old Destiny Washington. The shooting happened on UAB's campus during the sale of $90 AirPods. Stephens claimed he fired in self-defense after Washington's boyfriend pulled a gun first. Washington's parents shared an emotional impact statement before the sentence was handed down.
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. —
Former UAB Blazers football player Carlos Stephens was sentenced Wednesday for the killing of a nursing student during an online sale that went bad.
Stephens was sentenced to life in prison after being convicted in April of capital murder in the 2020 shooting death of 20-year-old Destiny Washington.
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The shooting happened on UAB's campus during the sale of $90 AirPods. Stephens claimed he fired in self-defense after Washington's boyfriend pulled a gun first.
Washington's parents shared an emotional impact statement before the sentence was handed down.
