About a decade after teens accused a Springfield police detective of excessive force during a controversial 2016 arrest, one of the teens at the center of the case has been sentenced to prison for a different crime.

Now 25, Evdyele Oniel Pabon Flores, of Springfield, pleaded guilty to multiple charges, including manslaughter, assault and battery (attempt with firearm) and carrying a firearm without a license, in connection with a 2022 fatal shooting in Holyoke in which he was accused of shooting another man 10 times.

Flores was originally charged with murder.

On May 30, he was sentenced to 8-11 years in prison with about two years time served.

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2022 fatal shooting

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