FONTANA, Calif. (KABC) -- A man sentenced to 50 years to life in state prison for the murder of a Fontana teenager in 2009 will likely soon be released after serving just 15 years behind bars.

The victim's family tells Eyewitness News they're furious.

"We felt like justice had been served, and now we feel like justice has been pulled from under us," said the victim's sister, Crystal Davis. "It's like, OK, you're getting justice, and now we're going to take the justice away from you."

Davis said her brother, 17-year-old Darious Simmons, was murdered in cold blood on Jan. 12, 2009, in the front doorway of his Fontana home in the 9800 block of Chantry Avenue.

"Somebody from their [ the suspect's ] gang got killed, and they needed to retaliate. And so they chose my brother," Davis sai

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