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London woman sentenced in shooting death of friend
It's been a heartbreaking two years for Michelle Brown after her only son Levi was shot to death after a bizarre and tragic incident.
After the woman responsible for her son's death was sentenced on Wednesday she said, 'It's been a long journey and now it's time for a rest.'
The legal process may be over, but her sorrow over the loss of her son will never fade.
'He was such a joy. He was my best friend. I miss his laugh, I miss his humour', says Brown. 'I just miss his love.'
Levi Brown was 36 years old when he was partying with friends, which included Cheyenne Metatawabin. They were all at an apartment off Baseline Road in south London in March of 2023.
The group had been handling a loaded handgun when 31-year-old Metatawabin pointed the weapon at Brown and fired. After that the group then placed his limp body in a recycling container and pushed it down the street to a nearby creek.
His mother searched for him for six days before a cyclist located the container by the water. Another person has already been dealt with before the courts in connection to disposing the body.
The grieving mother still can't believe it saying, 'They just left him there knowing that he was still breathing and that someone didn't do anything, that someone didn't do the right thing.'
In May, Metatawabin plead guilty to criminal negligence causing death, which has a mandatory minimum sentence of four years.
However, after the Crown and defence agreed to a joint submission with her receiving a sentence of time served. Metatawabin then changed her guilty plea to manslaughter which has no mandatory minimum sentence.
In the end, Justice Patricia Moore agreed with the Crown and the defence and sentenced Metatawabin to just over three years or time already served in custody along with three years probation.
Michelle Brown says her sentence will be never ending saying, 'He (Levi) had a lot to live for and a lot to give and his life being taking so suddenly is something I will have to deal with for the rest of my life.'
