Long sentence for killer of Rochester native

Posted at: 09/19/2012 4:37 PM
By: Associated Press/News10NBC | WHEC.com

An 18-year-old western New York man has been sentenced to 21 years to life in prison for fatally shooting a Niagara University student from Rochester during an apparent robbery attempt.
 
Gordon Jackson apologized to victim Brandon Johnson's family before being sentenced Wednesday in Niagara County Court.
 
Jackson shot the 21-year-old accounting major from Rochester in the head with a shotgun in the victim's off-campus apartment on Dec. 8.
 
In court, Jackson's lawyer said Jackson had been manipulated by a 24-year-old co-defendant. But Jackson himself said he never blamed anyone else.
 
Co-defendant Cordero Gibson has pleaded guilty to manslaughter but has asked to revoke the plea. The motion is pending.

Brandon Johnson was a 2009 graduate of Wilson Magnet High School.

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