Starkville teen to spend 3 decades in prison for deadly shooting

OKTIBBEHA COUNTY, Miss. (WCBI) – A Starkville teenager will spend three decades in prison for a deadly shooting.

Tyrese Macon pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in Oktibbeha County Circuit Court.

He will also be on probation for five years after he gets out of from behind bars.

Macon was accused of killing 17-year-old Clifton Files in April 2021.

At the time, investigators believed the gunfire occurred inside a vehicle at the intersection of Hilliard and Sherman Streets in Starkville.

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