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Carthage Man Pleads Guilty In Shooting

A Carthage man pleads guilty to a shooting that left one man dead and his estranged wife wounded.

30-year-old Lane Stephens plead guilty to second-degree murder and first-degree robbery.

Six charges, including first-degree murder, were dropped.

As part of the plea deal, he was sentenced to life in prison for murder and 10-years in prison for the robbery.

Those sentences will run concurrently.

Stephens shot Don Pierce and Toni Stephens at a motel in August of 2020.

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