A man whose rapid-fire crime spree started with gunshots from a Lyndale Avenue balcony and capped off with a random murder about 100 miles to the west has received a prison sentence of more than 38 years.
Ameer M. Matariyeh of Minneapolis was sentenced Monday in Kandiyohi County District Court after he pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and attempted second-degree murder in connection with the Oct. 22, 2024, killing of Jerome Skluzacek, 55, of New London and the shooting of Peter Mayerchak, 26, of Lake Lillian at separate locations near Willmar…