WARNER ROBINS, Ga. — Editor's Note: The video in this story is the original report from 2019.
A Houston County man was sentenced to 20 years Friday for the 2019 fatal shooting of a man at Tanglewood Apartments.
According to a news release from the district attorney’s office, 22-year-old Terrance Jones pleaded guilty to voluntary manslaughter in Houston County Superior Court.
That charge was the result of a shooting that happened at an apartment complex on Elberta Road in May 2019.
The release says Jones was with a group of people who were looking out for retaliation after two incidents that happened earlier that night; a drive-by shooting and a domestic dispute.
The victim, Melando Moore, was nearby when a witness saw a man in all black with a gun and a mask. Jones shot at the man in all black, but missed and shot Moore in the head instead.
Jones told police he was acting in self-defense.
He was already in jail for a probation violation when they charged him with murder last year.
“This case was a tragedy where an innocent man was killed because of bad, deadly decisions of Terrance Dontae Jones,” said ADA Clif Woody.
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