LARGO, Fla. -- A man convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend's new boyfriend at a Clearwater home has been sentenced to 40 years in prison.
As part of a deal with prosecutors, 38-year-old Gary E. Averill Jr. pleaded guilty Tuesday to second-degree murder. He was scheduled to go on trial for first-degree murder.
Authorities say Averill shot 28-year-old Michael Harris four times at close range in October 2008. Harris had been dating Averill's ex-girlfriend, Barbara Hall.
After Averill's arrest, he told police that he believed Harris was abusing children at the home where Harris and Hall were staying, but police found no evidence of that.
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