Following a jury trial, the defendant was found guilty of manslaughter and discharging a firearm with intent.
The charges stemmed from a fatal shooting in a public parking lot.
The Crown sought a 15-year sentence, while the defence proposed 10 years before credit for pre-trial custody.
The court considered various aggravating factors, including the deliberate use of an illegal firearm, multiple shots, harm to multiple victims, flight from the scene, and the significant impact on the victim's family.
Mitigating factors included the defendant's relative youth, a single prior youth conviction, a history of domestic violence trauma, family support, and harsh pre-trial custody conditions.
The court also considered the provocation that reduced the charge from second-degree murder to manslaughter, noting its limited impact on moral culpability.
The judge determined an appropriate sentencing range for firearm-related manslaughter to be 12 to 15 years.
Applying principles of denunciation, deterrence, and rehabilitation, the court imposed a total sentence of 11.5 years imprisonment, to be served concurrently with a 6-year sentence for the firearm charge.
After accounting for 5 years of pre-trial custody credit, the defendant was sentenced to a further 6.5 years imprisonment, along with a lifetime s. 109 order and a DNA order.