INDIANAPOLIS -- A man has been sentenced to over 80 years in prison for shooting and killing a woman as she was running away and pleading for help two years ago on the near east side of Indianapolis.

The Marion County Prosecutor's Office announced that Deonta Nelson has been sentenced to 89 years after he was found guilty of murder and received a habitual offender sentencing enhancement following a three day jury trial that concluded in September.

Nelson was arrested on Sept. 1 after investigators identified him as the primary suspect in the shooting death of Emily Willis. According to previous reports, Willis was walking in the 200 block of North Rural Street near E. New York Street when she was struck by gunfire.

Officers then spoke with two juveniles who were playing basketball when

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