Man sentenced to 60 years to life for Barrio Logan shooting death

A man convicted of fatally shooting another man in Barrio Logan was sentenced today to 60 years and 10 months to life in state prison.

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David Gatheright, 44, was found guilty of first-degree murder and other charges for the June 2, 2023, shooting of 53-year-old Brian Noel, who was found just before 6 a.m. with “multiple gunshot wounds to his chest” on Logan Avenue near 16th Street, according to San Diego police.

Noel was taken to a hospital where he died less than an hour later.

An investigation over the ensuing months that included reviewing surveillance footage revealed that Gatheright and Noel “got into a brief verbal altercation” just before the shooting, San Diego police said.

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Gatheright was arrested in St. Petersburg, Fla., in November 2023 and extradited to San Diego.

Along with murder, Gatheright was sentenced for several other crimes, including assault with a deadly weapon and being a felon in possession of a firearm.

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