Shooter, getaway drivers in Columbus Internet café murder case sentenced to decades in prison

Two Columbus men allegedly involved in the murder of a husband and wife in a Columbus Internet café were sentenced in U.S. District Court recently to decades in prison.

Chris A. King, 28, was sentenced to 480 months (40 years) in prison. King allegedly shot and murdered both the husband and wife while they were working.

Justice B. Stringer, 29, was sentenced to 360 months (30 years) in prison. Stringer allegedly drove co-defendants to and from the robbery resulting in murder.

Five total defendants were indicted by a federal grand jury in July 2019 for crimes related to a string of robberies of Internet gaming businesses, including the robbery that resulted in murder on Jan. 20, 2019.

According to court documents, King and a co-defendant robbed the cafe at gunpoint and allegedly murdered a security guard and then his wife, an employee at the business. Stringer then allegedly drove the men away from the Internet café.

Defendants were also allegedly responsible for a prior café robbery on Dec. 10, 2018, stealing $30,000 in cash. Stringer also admitted to his alleged involvement in a Jan. 7, 2019 robbery of a separate café.

Kenneth L. Parker, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Ohio; J. William Rivers, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Cincinnati Division; Columbus Police Chief Elaine Bryant and Daryl S. McCormick, Special Agent in Charge, U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), announced the sentences imposed by U.S. District Judge Michael H. Watson. Assistant United States Attorneys Kevin W. Kelley and Elizabeth A. Geraghty are representing the United States in this case.