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   One of the men charged in the murder of 22-year-old Alex Becker was sentenced   
   on Friday morning.   
      
   Detwan Cortell Allen, 20, was sentenced in Ramsey County District Court to   
   more than 30 years (367 months) in prison.   
      
   That’s the maximum allowed under the law and one that Becker’s family   
   tearfully asked the judge to issue as they remembered him.   
      
   The sentence stems from a Dec. 27, 2022 shooting, in which Becker was shot and   
   killed on the 500 block of Lawson Avenue West, just feet away from his home.   
      
   A jury convicted Allen of murder in December, a day after getting the case and   
   nearly two weeks after the trial started.   
      
   Allen and two others, Shaun Lamar Travis and Arteze Owen Kinerd, were arrested   
   after police reviewed surveillance footage in the area. Travis was acquitted   
   in December of 2023 and Kinerd pleaded guilty in February. Kinerd’s   
   sentencing is scheduled for    
   June 3.   
      
   “I miss him so much,” Alex’s father, Tim Becker, said in court. “I can   
   still hear his laughter.”   
      
   “Everything in this world is less without him,” he added.   
      
   Tara Becker, Alex’s mother, told the judge, “Every moment for the rest of   
   my life will be tinged with sadness” because of her son’s death, adding   
   that Allen “sentenced our family to a life of unhappy suffering. I will   
   never forgive his    
   selfishness.”   
      
   Allen read off a piece of paper, offering a brief statement apologizing to the   
   Becker family for its loss.   
      
   Judge Paul Yang took the time to note how cold the crime was.   
      
   “It’s like you guys are hunting, you chased him down, your prey, you   
   surround him, and you shot the prey as your target practice. … This is a   
   human being we’re talking about,” Yang said.   
      
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