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Topeka man sentenced for killing during spree

TOPEKA (AP) – A Topeka man was sentenced to more than 55-years in prison for killing another man during a crime spree in June 2010.

44-year-old Stephen A. Macomber was sentenced Tuesday for killing 26-year-old Ryan Lofton in Lofton’s driveway in Topeka.

He was convicted in January of intentional second-degree murder.

Macomber says he didn’t intend to kill or shoot Lofton. The shooting occurred during a struggle to get control of a gun.

After Macomber shot Lofton, he shot and wounded a Marshall County sheriff’s deputy during a traffic stop in Blue Rapids and then held an elderly woman hostage during a standoff with police.

He’s serving 83 years in prison for those crimes.

The Topeka Capital-Journal reports Macomber had 19-prior convictions, 13 of them involving felonies against people.

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