Ex-Girlfriend killed
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) – Prosecutors say a Memphis man who was on trial in the fatal shooting of his former girlfriend has pleaded guilty to second-degree murder.
The Shelby County district attorney’s office said Thursday that 42-year-old Xavier Becton was sentenced to 35 years in prison with no parole under an agreement approved by Criminal Court Judge John Campbell.
Becton was on trial this week for the Oct. 31, 2013, shooting death of 35-year-old Tierra Sims, who was found on the sidewalk in front of her home.
While investigators were on the scene, Becton called a sheriff’s dispatcher and said Sims was shot while he and the victim were struggling over a gun. Becton surrendered to officers, who found a loaded gun in his possession.
