Man who killed lawn walker commits suicide

LEBANON, Ohio (AP) — An Ohio man convicted of killing a teenager because he walked on the man’s lawn has committed suicide in prison.

Ohio prison officials say 69-year-old Charles Martin killed himself at Lebanon Correctional Institution in southwest Ohio on Friday.

The Department of Rehabilitation and Correction did not say how Martin died.

Martin was sentenced to a mandatory 15 years plus three for using a gun in a crime before he could be considered for parole.

Martin was convicted of murder for the March 2006 shotgun slaying of a neighbor, 15-year-old Larry Mugrage Jr.

Martin said at sentencing that he was sorry the shooting occurred, but said the teen knew how much Martin cared for his lawn and provoked him.