An Atlanta man who shot a University of West Georgia student in the chest while the victim shoppedat a Texaco gas station on Northside Drive last year has been sentenced to life without parole plus 35 years.
After shooting Brandon Griffith, 21, on March 31, Tremaine Leigh chased the student around the store as the victim gasped for air, according to a news release from the Fulton County District Attorney's Office.
Prosecutors say Griffith had entered the store to buy snacks but soon was confronted by a gunman. Leigh shot Griffith when he didn’t move quickly enough.
Leigh stole Griffith’s wallet and cell phone, then his car. U.S. Marshals captured the suspect in May.
Leigh has been in and out of the Fulton County Jail since 2005, records show. Charges have included drug possession, armed robbery, kidnapping, hit-and-run, and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.
A Fulton County jury on Thursday convicted Leigh of armed robbery, aggravated assault with a deadly weapon, theft by taking and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Superior Court Judge Kelly Amanda Lee handed down Leigh's sentence.
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