Blacksburg man sentenced to life for drive-by shooting

A Blacksburg man has been sentenced to life in prison in connection with a fatal drive-by shooting in 2007. Travis Sentell Parker, 28, was found guilty of murder Wednesday after of a three-day jury trial in Gaffney. He is not eligible for parole.

According to prosecutors, Parker fatally shot 27-year-old Moraine Foote on June 22, 2007. Foote suffered a gunshot wound to his stomach about 5:20 p.m. while he stood outside of a home near the intersection of Marion and Sarratt avenues.

Parker fired the fatal gunshot from the passenger window of a passing car, prosecutors said.

Foote identified Parker as the shooter before he was rushed to the hospital.

Two passengers in Parker's car also identified the shooter to investigators.

Parker's criminal record includes a 1997 manslaughter conviction, for which he served about eight years of a 10-year prison sentence, according to the 7th Circuit Solicitor's Office.

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Comment by ORANGE MOUND VET.AKA MR.22 SHOTS. on August 15, 2008 at 3:31pm: THESE NIGGA'S BETTER LEARN WHEN YOU IN THAT COURT ROOM IT'S NOT GOING TO BE A JURY OF YOUR PEER'S IT'S GONNA BE RETIRED SCHOOL TEACHER'S,NURSES,ETC.GOON'S CAN'T BE ON JURY DUTY YOU NIGGA'S BETTER WISE UP AND THINK BEFORE YOU DO SHIT.

Comment by Pootie Mane Laflair on August 15, 2008 at 11:23pm: G shit... Orangemound vet

Comment by Tekina on August 17, 2008 at 3:11am: Yeah lock his ass up, cause it seems like he wasn't gonna stop fucking up no time soon.

Comment by bjenx on August 17, 2008 at 8:45am: the nigga already spent eight years in the joint? life will never be the same after a stretch like that.