A 26-year-old man in Ohio may spend the rest of his life behind bars for killing his next-door neighbor, shooting the 40-year-old grandfather in the back 12 times after calling the older man a “b—”, then claiming he was acting in self-defense, court records show.
Hamilton County Common Pleas Judge Jennifer Branch on Thursday ordered Cole Hornsby to serve the maximum sentence of 24 years to life in a state correctional facility for the 2024 slaying of Theodore “Ted” Block. Branch handed down the sentence after a jury found Hornsby guilty on one count each of murder and tampering with evidence.
According to court documents, police and emergency medical personnel on the night of April 16, 2024, responded to a 911 call about a shooting that took place at a residence in the 5000 block of Kilby Road in Cincinnati. Upon arriving at the address, first responders located the victim, later identified as Block, “lying on the ground deceased.”…