HAMPTON, Va. — A 23-year-old Newport News man was ordered to serve seven years in prison for shooting and killing 34-year-old Von'Dre Hobley during a fight on Highland Avenue in September 2021.
A Hampton Circuit Court judge sentenced Christian Lee Hill at hearing held Wednesday afternoon. Hill's attorney, James O. Broccoletti, confirmed the seven-year active sentence when reached by News 3.
News
Man charged in connection to fatal Hampton shooting
Indicted for second-degree murder, Hill was later found guilty of a lesser offense, voluntary manslaughter, and two felony gun charges in a three-day jury trial earlier this year.
News
Family of Hampton man shot, killed calls for an end to gun violence
That was Hill's second trial for the killing. The first was declared a mistrial after a courtroom deputy began to put restraints on Hill and led him back towards a secure holding area while the jury was still in the courtroom, which is "not permissible," Broccoletti told News 3 last year after the ruling.
