The reputed gang leader was sentenced for a drive-by shooting in Newark that killed a city man. Watch video
NEWARK --With her voice cracking, Marjorie Dingle stood in a Newark courtroom Friday and said it was "not enough" for Al-Shareef Metz to be sentenced to 15 years in state prison for killing her son.
"My son is gone now," said Dingle, before referring to Metz: "He don't know the pain we go through."
A reputed gang leader, Metz, 30, formerly of Newark, received the 15-year prison term after having pleaded guilty on March 24 to an aggravated manslaughter charge in connection with the July 11, 2011 drive-by shooting in Newark that ultimately killed 28-year-old city resident Kenyon Simon.
As part of a plea deal, that 15-year sentence will run concurrent to the 65-year prison sentence Metz received in March 2015 for the July 29, 2011 fatal shooting of Tariq Walker on Shephard Avenue in Newark. Metz was convicted at a 2014 trial of murder and weapons offenses in Walker's death.
Metz will not be eligible for parole until November 2066, when he will be 81 years old, according to the New Jersey Department of Corrections.
Before being sentenced on Friday, Metz offered his apologies to Simon's family members for their loss.
"I just want to apologize sincerely," Metz said.
In pleading guilty, Metz admitted he was a passenger in a vehicle being driven on Spruce Street in Newark on July 11, 2011 when he opened fire into a crowd of people with an assault-type weapon. Metz said he was looking to shoot people in the crowd.
One of the bullets struck Simon in the head and Simon died from his injuries on Aug. 4, 2011.
A reputed leader of the Brick City Brims - a set of the Bloods street gang - Metz has a long history of violence in Newark.
In the summer of 2007, for example, Metz allegedly helped kick off a bloody street war by seeking revenge for his half-sister getting shot, authorities said. That war left at least two dead and four wounded, police have said.
During Friday's hearing, Superior Court Judge Richard Sules -- who became a judge in 2014 and sentenced Metz in both homicide cases -- noted that "in the short time that I've been on the bench, I've had the opportunity to sentence you to not one, but two sentences involving your killing two of our citizens."
With the two lengthy prison sentences, Sules said he hopes "this will be the last."
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