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Joeviair Kennedy, ex-Western Michigan player, gets at least 17 years in prison

KALAMAZOO, Mich. -- A former Western Michigan University basketball player has been sentenced for his role in a robbery that led to the fatal shooting of another student.

The Kalamazoo Gazette reports that 21-year-old Joeviair Kennedy was ordered Monday to spend at least 17 years in prison.

Kennedy was convicted last month of armed robbery and using a firearm during a felony. But he was acquitted of murder in the 2016 slaying of 19-year-old Jacob Jones in an off-campus apartment.

Kennedy's co-defendant and former Muskegon High School teammate, Jordan Waire, was convicted in April of murder and armed robbery.