HUNTSVILLE, Ala. (WAFF) – A Huntsville man facing a potential life sentence has accepted a plea deal reducing his murder charge to manslaughter following a fatal confrontation inside the cab of an 18-wheeler.
Edwin Mayes was sentenced to 20 years, split to serve five years in prison followed by five years of supervised probation.
The charge stems from an October 2022 shooting near Pulaski Pike. Mayes and Kyle Mackey were working together inside Mayes’ semi-truck when a fight broke out…