VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — A Virginia Beach man was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday.
Dornell Marcus Collins Jr., 28, was found guilty of manslaughter and possession of a firearm on school property in March 2023, according to the Virginia Beach Commonwealth's Attorney's Office. A circuit court judge gave him the maximum sentence for these charges.
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The Commonwealth's Attorney's office said that evidence proved that on July 22, 2020, Collins shot and killed Nicholas Lutz from Chesapeake as he walked home with a friend from a bar on Holland Road in Virginia Beach.
Collins was forensically linked to personal items and a firearm left in a book bag at a nearby elementary school, according to the Commonwealth's Attorney's Office.
Collins confessed to the shooting, according to the VB Commonwealth Attorney. He claimed it was self defense.
