The man convicted in the shooting death of another man outside a Birmingham motel was sentenced to prison on Monday morning.

Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Kandice Pickett sentenced Christopher Garcia Spencer to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

A jury in April took 30 minutes to find the 27-year-old Spencer guilty in the slaying of 39-year-old Hernado Retion McJunkins nearly two years ago.

The deadly shooting happened on Aug. 17, 2021, outside the King’s Inn on Third Avenue North.

Authorities said a witness ran into the motel just after 2:30 a.m. that morning and told the clerk multiple shots had been fired and someone had been hit.

When Birmingham police and fire medics arrived, they found McJunkins unresponsive on the sidewalk. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

The day after McJunkins was killed, police arrested and charged 29-year-old Ira Dexter Eaton Jr.

Spencer was arrested two weeks later in Philadelphia, Mississippi.

Eaton has not yet gone to trial.

Deputy District Attorneys Jason Wilson and Tyerra Henderson are prosecuting the cases. Spencer was represented by attorney Bobby Davis.

No witnesses were called on behalf of the defense.

The man convicted in the shooting death of another man outside a Birmingham motel was sentenced to prison on Monday morning.

Jefferson County Circuit Court Judge Kandice Pickett sentenced Christopher Garcia Spencer to life in prison with the possibility of parole.

A jury in April took 30 minutes to find the 27-year-old Spencer guilty in the slaying of 39-year-old Hernado Retion McJunkins nearly two years ago.

The deadly shooting happened on Aug. 17, 2021, outside the King’s Inn on Third Avenue North.

Authorities said a witness ran into the motel just after 2:30 a.m. that morning and told the clerk multiple shots had been fired and someone had been hit.

When Birmingham police and fire medics arrived, they found McJunkins unresponsive on the sidewalk. He was pronounced dead on the scene.

The day after McJunkins was killed, police arrested and charged 29-year-old Ira Dexter Eaton Jr.

Spencer was arrested two weeks later in Philadelphia, Mississippi.

Eaton has not yet gone to trial.

Deputy District Attorneys Jason Wilson and Tyerra Henderson are prosecuting the cases. Spencer was represented by attorney Bobby Davis.

No witnesses were called on behalf of the defense.