KANSAS CITY, Mo. — An Independence man has been sentenced in connection with the 2024 shooting and killing of another man outside a Midtown apartment building.

Eryn Holt, 22, was sentenced on Friday in Jackson County court to a total of 20 years in prison after a jury found him guilty back in August.

Court documents say separate sets of witnesses, including Kansas City firefighters who were in the area on an unrelated call, saw Holt and the victim, 22-year-old Adrian Terry, engaged in what appeared to be an intense argument before Holt pulled out a gun.

Those witnesses said they saw Holt shoot Terry, sending the victim staggering into the building lobby. The firefighters began first aid before Terry was taken to a hospital. Despite efforts to save his life, he died less than an hour aft

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