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NORWALK (CNS) - A San Bernardino County man pleaded no contest Friday to murdering a convenience store clerk in Whittier just over four years ago.
Kevin Karnell Hall, 29, was immediately sentenced to 35 years to life in state prison in connection with his plea to first-degree murder in the Feb. 22, 2020, killing of Maninder Singh, according to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office.
Hall also admitted a gun use allegation.
Singh, a 31-year-old married father of two young children, was killed at a 7-Eleven store in the 8400 block of Santa Fe Springs Road, authorities said.
"Surveillance video showed the suspect had entered the store, demanded money from the clerk and subsequently shot and killed the clerk," police said at the time.
An autopsy determined that he had died from a gunshot wound to the chest.
Hall was arrested by Whittier police less than three weeks later, and has remained behind bars since then, jail records show.
A special-circumstance allegation of murder during the commission of a robbery was dismissed as a result of Hall's plea, according to the District Attorney's Office.
A half-dozen other charges, including five counts of robbery, were also dismissed, according to court records.