A 26-year-old Lilburn man is set to be sentenced Thursday for firing a gunshot into an apartment that accidentally killed a 13-year-old boy.

Joshua Banks, who was initially charged with murder, was convicted Feb. 17 of the lesser crime of involuntary manslaughter following a jury trial in Gwinnett County.

A stray bullet fired into the air by Banks in January 2010 pierced the window of Tre Shambry's bedroom and killed Shambry as he climbed the ladder to his bunk bed in Holland Park Apartments in Lawrenceville.

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Waymo autonomous vehicles operate across 65 square miles inside I-285 and have been involved in six incidents with Atlanta Public School buses since May. Waymo issued a recall because of their cars briefly stopping or slowing down before continuing forward while a bus was stopped and flashing its lights. (Courtesy of Atlanta Public Schools)

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