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Man Sentenced for Shooting & Killing Two

Man Sentenced for Shooting & Killing Two - Tuesday, December 15, 2009 at 5:15PM EST

Reported by: Andy Mehalshick
Tuesday, Dec 15, 2009 @ 05:15pm EST
WILKES-BARRE, LUZERNE COUNTY -- It was an emotional day in Luzerne County court. A man apologized to the family of one of the two men he murdered.

Brandon McClendon of Hazleton shot two men in the middle of the street in 2007. It's a crime that stunned the city. Monday he learned his punishment.

Brandon McClendon looked at the family of Jason Dixon and said he was sorry. The family says his words mean nothing, that their lives have been ruined forever.

McClendon had nothing to say on his way out of court, but inside the courtroom he says he did not know why he fired 14 shots, killing 24-year-old Jason Dixon and 37-year-old Eugene Henry. It happened near St. Stanislaus Church on Carson Street in Hazleton in July of 2007.

Dixon’s parents told him, instead of celebrating their wedding anniversary that month, they were buying a casket for their son.

Dixon’s mother Barbara Morris said, "It wouldn't be fair for him to get away with it. He hurt us. We wanted justice. That's all, just justice."

McClendon was sentenced to 37 to 70 years in prison. Dixon's parents hope he thinks about the lives he destroyed. "He was a stand-up guy that cared about his family, he cared about people," added Morris.

Prosecutors say McClendon put so many people at risk. Luzerne County Assistant District Attorney Mike Vough said, "This was a totally senseless crime where two individuals were killed for no reason whatsoever on the street in the middle of the night. People could have been hurt. He fired 14 shots. Both lost their lives because of his behavior."

McClendon will serve his 35 to 70 year sentence in a state prison.
 


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