NORFOLK, Va. — A Norfolk man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for shooting and killing 44-year-old Bradley Kristoffer Kortbawi outside a Ghent apartment building in the summer of 2024.

According to the Norfolk Commonwealth’s Attorney’s Office, 57-year-old Vandes Jackson was sentenced Friday after a jury convicted him of first-degree murder and using a firearm in the commission of murder. The two-day trial was held in September, and jurors deliberated for about 30 minutes before finding Jackson guilty.

The shooting happened shortly after midnight on July 6, 2024, on Core Avenue. Kortbawi was outside an apartment building smoking a cigarette and talking with two friends — one of whom lived in the building — when Jackson, a neighbor, approached them.

Prosecutors said Jackson clai

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