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A former security guard has been sentenced to life in prison after being accused of fatally shooting an unarmed Black man over loud music.
According to WREG, a jury found ex-security guard Gregory Livingston guilty of first-degree murder in the 2021 killing of Alvin Motley Jr. at an East Memphis Kroger gas station.
The jury's verdict came after nearly a week-long trial where jurors were shown security footage of the shooting, which unfolded after Livingston reportedly addressed Motley about loud music coming from his vehicle.
Prosecutors said Motley was holding a beer and cigarette in his hands when he was shot to death.
“Gregory Livingston, the defendant, committed a cold and calculated murder,” prosecutor Ronald Dowdy said. “He made a decision. With intentional and premeditated action, he took the life of Alvin Motley.”
The prosecution also noted that the former security guard was never threatened and showed no remorse over the shooting.
“That was an execution and then he let Alvin lay there dead, lifeless, bleeding out, his body twitching,” Dowdy said.
Ahead of the jury's verdict, Motley's father said he was counting on justice to prevail.
“My God tells me I am to forgive, and I forgive him,” Alvin Motley, Sr., said. “But for every day for the rest of my life, every morning I wake up, I want him to be in prison and wake up the same morning, and we both think about what he did.”
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