Security guards sentenced in fatal shooting

Associated Press

DAYTON

Two private security guards accused of fatally shooting a man at a Dayton apartment complex have been sentenced to four years in prison.

Montgomery County’s prosecutor says 34-year-old Christopher Tarbert and 26-year-old Justin Wissinger were sentenced Friday. They had pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter and abduction in 25-year-old Dante Price’s 2012 slaying.

Authorities say the guards were patrolling the complex’s parking lot and that Price had been warned about trespassing. The prosecutor says they ordered him to get out of his vehicle, firing their handguns at him numerous times when he tried to drive away. They weren’t authorized to use or threaten deadly force to get him to obey.

Tarbert’s attorney says Tarbert took responsibility for a tragedy caused by lack of training.