A 20-year-old Columbus man who murdered Youngstown State University honors student Kevin Sobnosky learned his fate on Thursday.

According to a representative with the Franklin County Prosecutor's Office, Keimariyon Malachi Demetrish Ross was sentenced to 32 years to life in prison on charges of murder and attempted murder, both with firearm specifications, as well as improperly handling firearms in a motor vehicle.

 

A valedictorian at Girard High School and a standout athlete, Sobnosky was 21 years old when he was shot and killed at a Sheetz gas station on North Cassady Avenue in Columbus on October 30, 2022.

At the time of his death, Sobnosky was months away from obtaining a bachelor's degree in Computer Science at YSU.

Police say Sobnosky was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time.

A second suspect in the case, 20-year-old Tyyaun Sullivan is serving a nine-year prison sentence after being convicted of felonious assault, discharging a firearm at a habitation, and a weapons charge.