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Man sentenced in shooting death of 17-year-old Kansas girl

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SALINA, Kan. (AP) — One of five men who were involved in the shooting death of a 17-year-old Salina girl was sentenced to more than four years in prison for his part in the crime.

Twenty-year-old Daniel Sims was sentenced Friday for involuntary manslaughter and conspiracy to commit aggravated battery in the May 2015 death of Allie Saum.

Prosecutors say the men were seeking revenge for a confrontation and shot at a truck Saum was riding in because they mistakenly believed the truck’s driver was involved in the confrontation.

Sims received a lighter sentence than others in the case because he cooperated with prosecutors, testified against co-defendants and didn’t have a major role in the shooting.

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