A Lima man was sent to prison for 17 years for a fatal shooting in 2022. 20-year-old Takal Austin pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and tampering with evidence last week. As part of the deal, the murder charges were dropped. But during sentencing, family members of the victim, 22-year-old Koby Bryant, said they would have liked to have seen Austin face a jury on those charges.
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Takal Austin takes a plea deal a week before he was set to face a jury for the 2022 death of Koby Bryant on the south side of Lima.
The Lima Police Department believes that Austin was responsible for the death of 22-year-old Koby Bryant on December 29th. Bryant's body was found with gunshot wounds in the yard of a home on 4th Street. Bryant was the fourth homicide of 2022 for Lima. Austin has a preliminary hearing set for next Tuesday.