The person who killed philanthropist Jacqueline Avant was sentenced to 190 years to life in jail on Tuesday, the LA District Lawyer's workplace stated in a press release. Avant was shot and killed in her Beverly Hills dwelling in December.
The sentencing comes one month after Aariel Maynor, 30, pleaded responsible to first-degree homicide, tried homicide and possession of a firearm by a felon in addition to two counts of first-degree residential housebreaking with particular person current. He additionally stated he used an assault lengthy barrel pistol in the course of the crimes, the Los Angeles District Lawyer's Workplace stated.
Within the early hours of December 1, Maynor broke into Avant's dwelling and fatally shot the 81-year-old. He additionally shot at a safety guard on the dwelling, however the safety guard was not injured. Hours after the lethal armed theft, Maynor by accident shot himself whereas breaking right into a Hollywood Hills dwelling, prosecutors stated.
Maynor was arrested on December 3.
Avant was recognized in California as a philanthropist devoted to serving to low-income neighborhoods, The Related Press stories. Her husband Clarence, referred to as the "Godfather of Black Music," has labored with the likes of Louis Armstrong, the SOS Band, Jimmy Jam, Terry Lewis and Babyface.
District Lawyer George Gascón stated in a press release Tuesday that the sentencing marked "the top of a tragic case that rocked our group."
"Given the sentence at this time, Mr. Maynor shall be ineligible for early parole, and can spend the remainder of his life in jail," he stated. "This sentence and conclusion of this case additionally prevents a painful and prolonged strategy of trial for the Avant household, a course of that may be traumatizing."
Zoe Christen Jones contributed reporting.