A Jackson man has been sentenced in the 2013 death of a Wingfield High School student.Dennis Pickett, 21, pleaded guilty Wednesday to depraved heart murder in the Dec. 5, 2013 shooting death of 15-year-old freshman Destinee Ford.Ford died after someone opened fire on the corner of Castle Hill Drive and Anna Lisa Lane, near Wilkins Elementary and Wingfield High schools. Police said several students were at the intersection when a fight broke out just after school was dismissed.Hinds County Circuit Judge William Gowan sentenced Pickett to 20 years in prison, which he must serve day-for-day.

A Jackson man has been sentenced in the 2013 death of a Wingfield High School student.



Dennis Pickett, 21, pleaded guilty Wednesday to depraved heart murder in the Dec. 5, 2013 shooting death of 15-year-old freshman Destinee Ford.




Ford died after someone opened fire on the corner of Castle Hill Drive and Anna Lisa Lane, near Wilkins Elementary and Wingfield High schools. Police said several students were at the intersection when a fight broke out just after school was dismissed.



Hinds County Circuit Judge William Gowan sentenced Pickett to 20 years in prison, which he must serve day-for-day.







