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South Lake Tahoe Gas Station Clerk's Killer, Sean Donohoe, Sentenced To 50-Years-To-Life Behind Bars

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE (CBS13) — A man convicted of shooting a killing a gas station clerk in South Lake Tahoe in 2013 has been sentenced to 50-years-to-life behind bars.

More than eight years after gas station clerk Manpreet Singh was gunned down while on the job, his killer, Sean Donohoe, received a hefty prison sentence, according to the El Dorado County DA's Office.

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Sean Donohoe (credit: El Dorado County DA's Office)

The shooting happened on the evening of August 6, 2013, after Singh refused to sell alcohol to a drunk friend of Donohoe. Donohoe then entered the gas station dressed in all black and wearing a mask and shot Singh once, hitting his heart and both lungs.

Years later, a civilian who viewed a surveillance video released by the El Dorado County Sheriff's Office, tipped off authorities to Donohoe. A subsequent DNA test on the mask linked Donohoe to the shooting.

On March 1, 2022, Donohoe was found guilty of first-degree murder in the shooting.

"Justice has been served in this senseless murder," said El Dorado County District Attorney Vern Pierson.

 

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