Teen shot to death while trying to buy cellphone, US cops say. 19-year-old sentenced

The victim had arranged to buy a cellphone through the Letgo app, the outlet reported. When he arrived at the house, the owner of the cellphone was with four other people, including Gossett, who shot Calderon ‘without provocation’, according to the attorney general’s office. — Unsplash

A 19-year-old has been sentenced to 25 years in prison in connection with the 2019 shooting death of a teen who was trying to buy a cellphone, according to South Carolina prosecutors.

Da’Coreian Gossett pleaded guilty on April 10 to a count of voluntary manslaughter in connection with the killing of 15-year-old Juan Mauricio Calderon, according to a news release from the South Carolina attorney general.