A Kansas City man was sentenced on Friday to two life sentences plus 30 years for the 2014 murder of a young girl.
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Howard Chase, 21, was convicted by a jury in April of second degree murder, unlawful use of a weapon and two counts of armed criminal action.
Police said 6-year-old Angel Hooper and her father were walking home from a convenience store on Oct. 19, 2014 when she was shot to death near 107th Street and Blue Ridge Boulevard in south Kansas City.
A Jackson County judge set Chase's sentences to run concurrently.
Leandre Smith, a co-defendant, was sentenced earlier this year to 23 years on second degree murder, 15 on the unlawful use of a weapon and 10 years on each armed criminal action.
The defendant will be required to serve at least 85 percent of that time in prison.
Howard Chase (left) and Leandre Smith
