Copeland
WHITE PLAINS – A Mount Vernon man was sentenced in Westchester
County Court on Tuesday to 20 years to life in state prison after his
guilty plea to murder.
Phillip Copeland, 29, also pled guilty to criminal possession of a weapon.
Just before 10 p.m. on December 12, 2014 Copeland and the victim, Jlynn
Reeves, 37, argued in the lobby of Levister Towers in Mount Vernon when
Copeland shot the victim with a .380 caliber automatic pistol.
Surveillance video helped police identify and arrest Copeland about an
hour-and-a-half after the shooting.
