A Salisbury woman was sentenced Friday to 10 years in prison for helping her son evade police after a 2023 mass shooting in the city’s downtown that caused one death and multiple injuries.

Kyeisha Elliott, 37, pleaded guilty in September 2023 to accessory after the fact to first-degree murder. On Nov. 7, Wicomico County Circuit Court Administrative Judge S. James Sarbanes ordered her to serve five years of active incarceration, with another five years suspended in favor of probation. Elliott had been free on pretrial release before sentencing.

Her son, Mykel Elliott, was convicted Oct. 24 of first-degree murder, attempted murder, two counts of conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, gang participation, and related offenses following a five-day jury trial before Chief Judge Kathleen Bec

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