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Kansas City man sentenced for death at birthday party

Divonte Lewis
Divonte Lewis
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — A Kansas City man was sentenced to 23 years in prison for fatally shooting another man during a child’s birthday party at a water park. A Jackson County judge sentenced 25-year-old Divonte Lewis Friday for the May 2015 death of 19-year-old Ryshun Bell at Kansas City’s Coco Key Water Resort.

Lewis was found guilty in June of second-degree murder. He also was found guilty of armed criminal action and will serve a concurrent 10-year sentence.

Lewis had claimed he shot Bell in self-defense. But prosecutors said the shooting occurred after Lewis became angry when he and several others were asked to leave the party area.

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