DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) – A judge orders Dekeivon O’Keith Lawton He will serve 99 years in prison in 2023 for the murder of another man at a bar in Dothan.

Houston County District Judge Kevin Moulton handed down the sentence Thursday, several weeks after a jury convicted Lawton.

Lawton, 24, was among three people charged in the shooting Roger Shane FelderA 51-year-old Geneva man in front of the Pearl Bar and Grill.

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During police charged three peopleThey said Lawton was the person who fired the fatal shot that killed Felder, who investigators said was trying to break up a fight.

Raheem Powe pleaded guilty to Reckless Endangerment, a misdemeanor, while Nakia Thompson awaits trial on murder charges.

A few months after Felder was killed, Dothan city commissioners voted to close the Pearl Lounge and Grill, citing multiple violent incidents at the Ross Clark Circle establishment.

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