A 13-year-old was sentenced Thursday to 6½ years in the Department of Youth Services for his role in the slaying of a Colorado Springs liquor store owner, the 4th Judicial District Attorney’s Office said Thursday.

Donat Herr, 68, was fatally shot Feb. 15 in his store, Empire Liquor, 3381 N. Academy Blvd., during an armed robbery right before closing time, police say.

The 13-year-old’s sentence was the result of a plea bargain, said Lee Richards, spokeswoman for the District Attorney’s Office. The teen pleaded guilty to two counts of aggravated robbery and one count of felony murder, a form of first-degree murder that means he participated in a felony that led to a death.

According to investigators, Herr was shot by Phinehas Daniels, 19, after the store owner maced him and two accomplices carrying airsoft guns.

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