Gun Charge Nets Trick-Or-Treater Killer 16 Years

A South Carolina man who police say shot and killed a trick-or-treater at his door has been sentenced to more than 16 years in prison on a federal weapons charge.Quentin Patrick still faces a murder charge in state court, which carries up to a life sentence.

By: Associated Press | WSAV-TV
Published: December 15, 2009

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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - A South Carolina man who police say shot
and killed a trick-or-treater at his door has been sentenced to
more than 16 years in prison on a federal weapons charge.
The family of the slain 12-year-old boy said they are
disappointed with the sentence Quentin Patrick received Monday. His
sentence is just 20 months more than the mininum he could have
received. The maximum was life.
The 23-year-old convicted drug dealer has admitted he fired on
the family who came to his door on Halloween 2008 because he
thought they were robbers. T.J. Darrisaw was hit 11 times and
killed by fire from Patrick's assault rifle at the home in Sumter,
which is 45 miles from Columbia.
Patrick still faces a murder charge in state court, which
carries up to a life sentence.