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Life for love triangle killing

A 25-year-old woman has been sentenced to life in prison for the killing of Tyler Myers who was shot dead in a Salmon Arm schoolyard on Nov. 21, 2008.

The woman, who cannot be named because she was a minor at the time of the crime, pleaded guilty in Kamloops Supreme Court last month to second-degree murder.

She will not be eligible for parole for seven years and has been banned from ever owning a weapon, according to Gordon Comer of the Criminal Justice Branch.

Myers, who was 22 at the time of his death, was shot dead by a 16-year-old male who admitted to plotting with his 17-year-old girlfriend to carry out the killing.

A jury found the male guilty of first degree murder in a separate trial.

During that trial, the court heard a video recording of the male suspect claiming that the female had been dating both him and Myers and that she told him the victim had made threats.

During the murder, the male said he was told by his girlfriend to shoot Myers in the head.

Myers was struck with two bullets in his back and one in the back of his head, according to testimony.

The two were charged four years after the murder at the end of an RCMP undercover operation. 

The male is expected to be sentenced next month.



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