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A man who was 15 when he fatally shot another teen at a northwest Miami-Dade apartment complex back in 2022 accepted responsibility for the killing at an emotional hearing on Monday.<\/p>\n

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Tavarus Williams, now 19, accepted a plea deal in which he pleaded guilty to a second-degree murder charge in the killing of 17-year-old Cairi McNear.<\/p>\n

In exchange, he was sentenced to 25 years in prison followed by a probation term of 10 years.<\/p>\n

Family members, who approved of the deal, were in court and spoke as the sentencing was handed down, directly addressing Williams.<\/p>\n

“I forgive you, because you could be my son,” Aurianna McNear said. “Although I did not birth you, today I will call you my son. You owe me that. Because the truth of the matter Tavarus is I don’t think you were loved properly.”<\/p>\n

“I do forgive you, it took me a long time for me to get to this point but I do forgive you because that I know that you made a mistake,” father Corey McNear said.<\/p>\n

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The shooting happened May 4, 2022, at an apartment complex in the 7100 block of Northwest 14th Place, just blocks from Miami Northwestern Senior High School.<\/p>\n

Authorities said Williams, 15 at the time, pulled a gun out of his pants and shot McNear several times. He was pronounced dead at the scene.<\/p>\n

Williams, who fled the scene on a mini bike, later told investigators the shooting happened during an argument.<\/p>\n

“Cai was my heartbeat,” Aurianna McNear said. “He was the only child that I had that could speed my heart up, to slow it down.”<\/p>\n

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