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Utah teen sentenced for killing man who sold him kitchen spices instead of marijuana

Ogden • A Utah man has been sentenced to 15 years to life in prison for the deadly shooting of a Sunset man last year.

The Standard-Examiner reports 18-year-old Seth Carreras of Layton was sentenced Thursday in a Farmington courtroom after pleading guilty to first-degree murder in March.

(Photo couresty of Mikayla Patterson) Hunter Woodson.
(Photo couresty of Mikayla Patterson) Hunter Woodson.

According to court documents, Carreras shot 19-year-old Hunter Woodson 11 times in late November. The shooting occurred after Carreras purchased a bag filled with paprika, salt and pepper believing it was marijuana.