A Connecticut judge sentenced a Waterbury man to 50 years in prison for the 2019 fatal shooting of 21-year-old Aaron Ormsby.
Ormsby died after emergency responders found him lying unresponsive in a Meriden backyard with multiple gunshot wounds on the evening of January 17, 2019.
Paramedics loaded the young victim into an ambulance and rushed him to MidState Medical Center, where doctors pronounced him dead shortly after arrival.
Investigators determined that Ormsby was shot on Foster Street during an illegal gun sale transaction that turned violent.
Following the shooting, local police worked alongside state forensic examiners to gather shell casings and physical evidence left in the yard.
Family members described Ormsby as a bright, caring young man who loved making people laugh and left behind a toddler son.
A New Haven Superior Court jury convicted 26-year-old Joseph Stokes of murder after hearing testimony from investigators and witnesses.
Judge Maria del Pilar Gonzalez ordered Stokes to serve five decades behind bars, bringing closure to a homicide case that took years to resolve.
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