He was asked to leave but eventually returned and yelled “Get out of my country!” before firing at the men. Under terms of a plea agreement, District Judge Charles Droege sentenced Purinton to the maximum sentence on each of the three charges, and ordered them to run consecutively. Madasani told detectives that the gunman asked the men if their “status was legal” before he opened fire, according to a court affidavit. Purinton still faces federal hate crime charges for the shooting and is scheduled for a change of plea hearing May 21. After the shooting, Purinton drove 110 kilometres to Clinton, Missouri, where he confessed the shooting to a bartender at a restaurant.

Source: thestar May 04, 2018 22:30 UTC