Judge sentences man to life in prison for 2020 east Charlotte murder

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for committing a murder in east Charlotte.

A jury found Emmanuel Collins guilty in the shooting death of 52-year-old Jessie Hurley.

It happened in July 2020 near east W.T. Harris Boulevard and Lawyers Road. Hurley died at the scene.