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A man convicted of fatally shooting his wife and a bystander and injuring a third person at a southern Indiana gas station has been sentenced to 240 years in prison. The sentencing came Wednesday. A jury found Cherok Ameer Douglass guilty in August of two counts of murder and one count each of attempted murder and robbery resulting in serious bodily injury. Prosecutors said Douglass killed 38-year-old Brandee Kay Douglass and 43-year-old Lorin Yelle in April 2022. Police chased him to a nearby restaurant where he took the owner as a hostage. She was injured falling from his vehicle.
An Indiana man has been handed a 240-year prison sentence for the fatal shooting of his wife and a bystander, and for the injury of a third person at a gas station.
NEW ALBANY — Cherok Douglass of New Albany has been sentenced to 240 years in prison after being convicted of the murder of his wife and a bystander.
NEW ALBANY — A sentencing hearing for a New Albany man convicted of killing two people last year has been moved to October.