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Posted: Thu 2:27 PM, Jan 17, 2013

Man Gets Eight Years for Killing Neighbor

A Hillsborough County judge sentenced 72-year-old Trevor Dooley on Thursday.

He was convicted of manslaughter in November, despite claims of self-defense.

Authorities say Dooley shot 41-year-old David James at a Valicro park in September 2010.

Dooley, who lived across from the park, was yelling at a skateboarder using a basketball court when James interceded.

Witnesses say Dooley flashed a gun, starting a struggle that left James dead.

James' then-8-year-old daughter watched him die.

Dooley testified he had no interest in a physical confrontation and only shot James because James was choking him.

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