A Massachusetts man was given parole after expressing remorse for killing an 87-year-old man about 50 years ago.

When Ronald O’Brien was 20, he shot and killed 87-year-old John Telfair — a neighbor he knew for most of his life.

O’Brien had gone to Telfair’s home to ask him for money, but the 87-year-old Woburn man refused, according to the Massachusetts Parole Board. When O’Brien persisted, Telfair pulled out a gun.

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