Christina Hall

Detroit Free Press

DETROIT — A 78-year-old great-grandfather was sentenced to four to 15 years in prison Wednesday after he was convicted of manslaughter for fatally shooting the father of his great-grandchildren outside his Michigan home last year.

Donald Clayton Miller also was sentenced to two years in prison on a felony firearms conviction, with the counts to be consecutive, according to Macomb County Circuit Court records.

Miller was charged in the Feb. 16, 2015, death of Bondaryl McCall, 31, of Pontiac, Mich., who was found shot multiple times in the driveway outside Miller’s home, the Macomb County Sheriff’s Office said. Macomb authorities said he was shot in the back, then shot three times in the back of the head while he was unconscious.

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McCall had three children with his ex-girlfriend, who lived at the Macomb Township home with their children and Miller, the homeowner.

Sheriff Anthony Wickersham said the mother and children were inside the house when the shooting occurred outside the residence. The gunfire broke out as McCall and Miller spoke. Miller fired a total of six shots from his handgun at McCall.

The prosecution argued Miller created a conflict to murder McCall so Miller's great-grandson wouldn't have to be afraid of his father anymore. McCall and Miller had been in a lengthy custody battle over one of the three children, according to the prosecution. Miller claimed self-defense. The prosecution said McCall was unarmed.

The three children are living with their mother, according to the prosecution.

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