A Maryland man was sentenced to life in prison plus 20 years for killing a man during a robbery.
A jury convicted Tavon Miles of Gaithersburg in the shooting death of 23-year-old Marc Taylor St. Aubin at his Olney home.
St. Aubin was found dead in his driveway March 3, 2015.
Miles was among a group of armed burglars who broke into a home that St. Aubin shared in the 15800 block of Laughlin Lane, police said. Other people inside the home at the time told detectives several armed people entered and a struggle ensued, during which gunshots were fired. Both St. Aubin and Miles were injured.
Some witnesses attempted to take St. Aubin to a car in the driveway to take him to the hospital while others began to remove items from the house, including guns, a safe and suspected marijuana.
Miles was dropped off at an area hospital in critical condition not long after police arrived at the house.
A bullet recovered from his clothing during medical treatment matched bullets found inside St. Aubin's home, investigators said.
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All the recovered bullets were of the same caliber and had been fired from the same gun, authorities said. The victim had a gun of that caliber registered in Maryland, they said. His body was found with a holster along the small of his back, but the handgun was not recovered.
Miles was also found guilty of first-degree burglary and armed robbery.
