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Lawrence Dority was sentenced to life in prison for fatally shooting former Orlando Magic player Adreian Payne in 2022

Payne's girlfriend said she and Payne showed up to Dority's townhouse after Dority's girlfriend called her for help

Dority said he was acting in self-defense because he thought Payne was carrying a gun, court records say

Adreian Payne, a former NBA player for the Orlando Magic, was trying to defuse a domestic dispute in 2022 when he was fatally shot. On Friday, Aug. 29, the gunman learned his fate.

Lawrence Dority, 32, of Orlando, was sentenced to life in prison for the killing, according to online jail records. Dority had been found guilty of second-degree murder with a firearm on July 30, according to online court records.

After his May 2022 arrest,

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