A Buffalo man who shot a family friend three times over a gambling debt telling him Its time to die before firing the final bullet into his face was sentenced Tuesday to 20 years in prison.
In December an Erie County Court jury found James R. Thomas Jr., 28, of Minnesota Avenue found guilty of attempted murder, assault and criminal possession of a weapon in the near-fatal shooting of Leonard Webb on Sept. 1, 2013. At trial, Webb testified that he owed $1,000 to Thomas, whom he knew as JT, and that a few months later Thomas confronted him.
Webb, 58, testified that, after riding around with Thomas and his uncle one afternoon, Thomas pulled the car over and told Webb, You and me need to talk about this money.
They got out of the car and …
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