MESQUITE, Texas — A 27-year-old man has been sentenced to 35 years in prison for murdering his friend while he slept inside a Mesquite apartment, then trading the gun used in the killing to a tattoo artist in exchange for tattoos.
Jonah Elisha McFall, 27, pleaded guilty to murder and was sentenced September 22, 2026, as part of an agreed plea before the court.
The victim, Ricardo Lawrence, 32, was killed around February 10, 2023…