CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas — A man has been sentenced in connection with a deadly northside shooting that happened nearly four years ago, in a case tied to a separate federal conviction involving pipe bombs and firearms.
Robert Spencer appeared in court Thursday, where he pleaded no contest to a manslaughter charge in the death of 37-year-old Bernard Yancey. He was sentenced to 14 years in state prison.
The charge stems from an August 2022 shooting on Van Loan Avenue near Hillcrest. Corpus Christi police responded to reports of shots fired and found Yancey suffering from gunshot wounds. He later died from his injuries…