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A Gary man was sentenced Wednesday to a 105-year split term for killing his neighbor and wounding her fiancé after they returned to the Willows apartments.

A jury convicted Thomas Starks, 22, last month of murder, attempted murder, aggravated battery and burglary. He occasionally stayed with his mother, who lived upstairs from the couple.

The victim, Kajah Wilson, 27, was pronounced dead at the scene. Her death was ruled a homicide.

Deputy Prosecutor Veronica Gonzalez said Wednesday that Starks ambushed the couple. Lake County coroner’s office forensic pathologist Dr. Zhuo Wang determined Wilson had been shot seven times from above.

Defense lawyer Mike Woods noted that after Starks and his sister Leticia Starks broke into their apartment da

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