WACO, Texas (KWTX) - A Waco man whose pistol was used in the November 2023 shooting death of Michael Everett Jr. was sentenced to 22 1/2 years in prison Monday.

Demerrion Keith Crayton, 25, pleaded guilty to murder in the 24-year-old Everett's shooting death on Nov. 15, 2023, at The Villages apartment complex, 1100 North Sixth Street.

Everett, the father of a son and daughter, was shot in the back of the head and died two days later.