The Brief
- Diontay Kimberly was sentenced to life in prison for the 2021 shooting death of 32-year-old dance coach Verndell Smith in a South Side Dunkin’ parking lot.
- Surveillance video from the parking lot and a nearby car wash helped detectives identify Kimberly, capturing his vehicle, license plate, and a distinctive gold bracelet.
- Smith was shot multiple times and died at the University of Chicago Medical Center; Kimberly was arrested months later after attempting to retrieve his towed vehicle.
CHICAGO – A man accused of killing a dance coach on Chicago’s South Side in May 2021 has been sentenced to life in prison, prosecutors said.
What we know:
Diontay Kimberly was charged in 2022 with fatally shooting 32-year-old Verndell Smith in a Dunkin’ parking lot on May 19, 2021, near Smith’s dance studio.…