Illinois man sentenced to 30 years in prison for shooting Army vet over small amount of drugs

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. - A central Illinois man has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for the 2015 slaying of an Army veteran who prosecutors say was fatally shot during a dispute over a small amount of drugs.

Larry Broomfield of Springfield was sentenced Friday after being convicted of first-degree murder in September by a Sangamon County jury in Louis Tuttle's January 2015 killing.

The State Journal-Register reports Broomfield was 16 when Tuttle, a former Lanphier High School football player who served in the U.S. Army, was slain.

Broomfield was tried as an adult. A co-defendant of Broomfield's is scheduled to stand trial in August.