BIRMINGHAM, Ala.—A former football player for the University of Alabama at Birmingham was sentenced on Wednesday to life in prison in the death of a nursing student who was shot during an online sale that went bad.
Carlos Stephens, 24, was convicted in April of capital murder in the 2020 shooting death of Destiny Washington, 20.
The shooting happened on UAB’s campus during the sale of $90 AirPods. Stephens claimed he fired in self-defense after Washington’s boyfriend pulled a gun first.
Jefferson County Circuit Judge Kechia Davis said the case was “tragic on so many levels,” al.com reported.
“This is so sad for me because two young lives were taken from Jefferson County. Two young black lives, and I feel like they were both on the road to being very successful–Destiny Washington and Mr. Stephens,” she said….