NEWPORT NEWS, Va. — Demari Batten will serve seven years in connection to the 2021 shooting death of a 17-year-old outside Menchville High School, according to the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office.
Batten was sentenced for shooting a firearm on school grounds, having a firearm at school and carrying a loaded weapon in public.
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In Dec. 2021, Newport News Police Chief Drew said that Batten went to a vehicle after a basketball game at Menchville High. Justice Dunham allegedly approached the vehicle, and an altercation happened that ended in Dunham being shot.
Batten's attorney says a group of teens attacked him while he was in his car and that he shot his gun in self defense.
Batten's first trial ended in a mistrial where the jury found him guilty of having a firearm on school property and discharging it on school property.
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In January, Batten was found not guilty of voluntary manslaughter.
He was sentenced Tuesday in a Newport News circuit court.
