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Former Georgia football player Ahkil Crumpton has been sentenced to 30 years in prison without parole for participating in an attempted robbery that left a store clerk dead, according to the Atlanta Journal Constitution.
Crumpton, 26, received 20 years for one count of interference with commerce by attempted robbery and 10 years for one count of giving a false statement during the purchase of a firearm.
“Crumpton still faces state murder charges in the March 2021 killing of 23-year-old Elijah Wood, a RaceTrac worker who was shot and killed during a robbery attempt,” said 11Alive.com.
Wood was shot and killed at a RaceTrac on Highway 441 in Oconee County, Georgia on March 19, 2021. Crumpton, who played for the Bulldogs in 2017-18 and was a student at the university until 2021, was arrested in March 2022 after ballistics testing proved that the gun he used to murder a man in his native Philadelphia, Pennsylvania was the same one used to shoot Wood.
“Ahkil Crumpton’s violent crime ended Elijah Wood’s young life and has been the cause of immeasurable pain to many people in the Oconee County community and beyond,” said U.S. Attorney Peter D. Leary. “Local, state and federal agencies have worked tirelessly to seek justice on behalf of Elijah. Our hope is the conclusion of the federal case offers some peace for all those who have been affected by this tragedy.”
A junior college product, the 5-foot-9, 175-pound Crumpton arrived at Georgia in 2017 and appeared in 10 games over two seasons.
He caught 10 passes for 117 yards and a touchdown and added one carry for 12 yards.