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Ex-Georgia Wide Receiver Ahkil Crumpton Sentenced to 30 Years for Fatal Shooting

Ahkil Crumpton, former University of Georgia football player, receives a 30-year prison sentence for the shooting death of a gas station employee during a failed robbery attempt.

  • Crumpton was convicted of interference with commerce by attempted robbery and making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm.
  • The shooting incident resulted in the death of gas station employee Elijah Wood, who was shot at close range.
  • Evidence linked Crumpton to another fatal shooting in Philadelphia, using the same weapon involved in Wood's death.
  • Co-defendant James North Armstrong admitted to purchasing the firearm used in the shootings for Crumpton.
  • Crumpton's sentence includes 20 years for the attempted robbery charge and an additional 10 years for the false statement charge.
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