(Crown Point, IN) - A Northwest Indiana man has received a 55-year prison sentence for the shooting death of a 13-year-old boy while he was trick or treating.

 

Desmond Crews, Jr., 24, of Gary, was sentenced Friday after pleading guilty to murder.

 

According to authorities, the gunfire stemmed from an argument with a 15-year-old boy wearing a clown mask during trick-or-treating last year in Hammond.

 

Police believe Crews, and at least three other men fired gunshots toward the boy wearing the clown mask and other kids in his group.

 

At least one of the shots killed the 13-year-old victim and wounded one other teenage boy, police said.

 

Reports indicate two other gunmen have chosen to go to trial while a third suspect awaits sentencing after pleading guilty.