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Tuesday, Hennepin County Attorney Mike Freeman announced Derrick Blanton pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in the killing of Gregory Hoskins in July 2019. 

Plea deal calls for both sentences to be served concurrently.

Murder case looms over Minneapolis man newly sentenced in a different fatal shooting The two killings in 2019 were about a month apart.  February 14, 2021 — 6:50am Text size Copy shortlink: A Minneapolis man who fatally shot his then-girlfriend's former boyfriend last year has been sentenced to more than eight years. Derrick Blanton, 39, was given the maximum sentence last week after jurors convicted him of first-degree manslaughter in December for killing Isiah Smith, 29, on Aug. 18, 2019. With credit for 18 months in jail since...

UpdatedThu, Feb 11, 2021 at 12:14 pm CT Reply Additionally, Blanton is set to go to trial Oct. 4 in another case for which he is accused of shooting and killing a man in July of 2019. (Shutterstock) MINNEAPOLIS, MN — Derrick Blanton, 39, of Minneapolis, was sentenced to more than eight years in prison after a jury found him guilty of first-degree manslaughter, the Hennepin County Attorney's Office announced Thursday. Blanton was sentenced Wednesday to 103 months in prison for fatally shooting 29-year-old Isiah Smith in August of 2019. Smith was the ex-boyfriend of Blanton's girlfriend. Bl...

Minneapolis man convicted of killing girlfriend's ex December 23, 2020 — 12:20pm Text size Copy shortlink: Jurors convicted a Minneapolis man of fatally shooting his then-girlfriend's ex-boyfriend last year. Derrick Blanton, 39, was convicted Tuesday of first-degree manslaughter for killing 29-year-old Isiah Smith on Aug. 18, 2019. Blanton was originally charged with second-degree murder but jurors convicted him of a lesser count "based on a variety of contributing factors," according to the Hennepin County Attorney's Office. The f...