A 56-year-old Durham man will spend the rest of his life in prison for the murder of a U.S. Navy veteran in a tobacco-store parking lot, prosecutors said Thursday.
Jurors found Frederick Johnson guilty of first-degree murder in the 2022 shooting on Hillsborough Road in Durham, where the victim, Derek Sterling, collapsed and died at the VIP Tobacco and Vapes store.
N.C. Attorney General Jeff Jackson’s office prosecuted the case at the Durham County district attorney’s request, securing an additonal 14- to 32-month sentence for Johnson on conspiracy charges…