New Jersey murder sentence sends Pennsylvania man to prison for 65 years

WOOLWICH TOWNSHIP, NJ – A Pennsylvania man convicted of fatally shooting his stepfather inside a South Jersey home during a heated family argument has been sentenced to 65 years in prison, closing a case that prosecutors said escalated from a dispute over a houseguest into deadly violence.

Christian Smith, 28, was found guilty in January of first-degree murder in the October 2021 killing of 43-year-old Dennis McKenzie Jr. This week, Gloucester County Superior...