A Michigan groom who police said intentionally ran over one of his groomsman after his wedding has been sentenced to at least three decades in prison after pleading no contest to charges including murder.
James Shirah, 24, of Flint, was handed down the sentence by Judge Khary Hanible in Genesee County Circuit Court on May 11, court records show.
The Flint Police Department said Shirah was driving an SUV on Aug. 30, 2024, in a residential area in the city's northside when he intentionally ran over and killed 29-year-old Terry Lewis Taylor Jr.
Prosecutors charged Shirah with second-degree murder, driving with a suspended license and failure to stop at the scene of a crash resulting in death. Shirah pleaded no contest to all three charges on April 14, court records show.
Shirah’s bride, Savanah N. Collier, was also arrested after Taylor's death on suspicion of being an accessory after the fact to a felony. She pleaded guilty to the charge on April 14, court records show,
