DOTHAN, Ala. (WTVY) – A judge on Wednesday refused to award probation to a man involved in a mistaken identity shooting.
Christian McCallister, who Dothan police charged with murder, had pleaded guilty to a less serious charge of manslaughter in a plea agreement, and received 15 years.
He then sought probation as an alternative sentence.
20-year-old Willis Rambo was shot multiple times along Morris Street in Dothan on January 17, 2021
The investigation revealed that Rambo was mistaken for another person with whom McCallister had a beef.
Besides sending him to prison, Houston County Circuit Judge Henry D. “Butch” Binford ordered McCallister to pay $5,986.52 to the Alabama Crime Victims Compensation Fund and over $3,000 in additional costs and fines, per court records.
He also sentenced McCallister to serve 36 months on unrelated vehicle breaking and entering convictions.
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