Emotions pour over after Miami-Dade teen sentenced for killing best friend

It was an emotional day inside a South Florida courtroom on Wednesday after a Miami Gardens teen’s best friend was sentenced for shooting and killing him nearly three years ago.

The sentence was not as stiff as the loved ones of 16-year-old Savion Littles had hoped for: 19-year-old Azell Canty was sentenced to eight years in prison and eight years of probation on the charge of manslaughter. Canty pointed a gun at Littles at a Northwest Miami-Dade home and pulled the trigger during Mother’s Day weekend in 2023.

Littles’ mother, Latoya Taylor, wept in court…

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