ROANOKE, Va. – Kai Lansana was sentenced to life in prison in Roanoke City Circuit Court Wednesday stemming from his involvement in the murder of 24-year-old Salonya Evans in Roanoke in 2019, according to RPD.
On July 21, 2019 deputies responded to a report of someone who had been shot in the 900 block of Morehead Avenue Southeast. Officers found Evans outside of a residence with a gunshot wound and she was pronounced dead at the scene.
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As previously reported the then-32-year-old Lansana was indicted and found guilty of the first-degree murder of Evans in May of this year.
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Along with the life sentence for First Degree Murder, Lansana was also sentenced to five years for Statutory burglary and 3 years for the Use of a firearm in the commission of a felony. His total time he has to serve now is life plus eight years.
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