A man convicted of murder for a 2021 shooting that took place outside the church where a funeral was being held will spend decades behind bars.
On Wednesday, a judge ordered 31-year-old Kevin Mason to serve 30 years in prison for the killing of 29-year-old Dontevius Catchings.
Prosecutors say Mason and Catchings got into a fight outside Shiloh Temple, which was hosting a funeral for a north Minneapolis street gang member, on June 11, 2021. At some point, Catchings was shot multiple times in the back and neck, and later died from his injuries…