CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A man who admitted to a 2015 shooting death could spend more than two decades behind bars.
Terrell White, 25, was sentenced to 24 years in prison Tuesday in Kanawha County Circuit Court. He previously pleaded guilty to second degree murder in the death of Albert Fuller, 54, of Charleston.
White apologized in court for killing Fuller. The shooting happened on April 4, 2015 at the intersection of Washington Street East and Ruffner Avenue.
“I’m sorry for causing Albert’s death, so please forgive me and if I could I would bring Albert back to life,” White said.
Prosecutors said White and Fuller knew each other and that there was an altercation that lead up to the shooting. The defense claims White was acting in self-defense.
“I think it’s pretty clear that this wasn’t a self-defense case. He’s plead to second degree murder. He was at the scene, according to witness statements. He left, he returned with a gun and then he shot Albert in the back,” said Kanawha County Assistant Prosecutor J.C. MacCallum.
The victim’s two sisters were in court Tuesday. Annette Fuller, one of the sisters, told Kanawha County Circuit Judge Tod Kaufman that White deserves to be locked up.
“He needs to learn a lesson that just because he’s angry he can’t act out. He can’t lash out. Somebody’s going to have mercy on him and I hope it’s God,” she said.
Fuller called it “a senseless killing.” She said White has caused her family a lot of pain over the years.
“Mr. White has really done a lot of damage to my family and to his own. I don’t think he’s realized fully the impact that he’s had,” she said.
White told the judge he “hates his life” and “knows he’s wrong.”
“I would do anything to make it right,” he told the Fuller family. “I hope y’all never cried and if y’all have cried over this, I wish I could take back every tear that has ever come out of y’all’s eyes.”
White will be given credit for time served. He will be eligible for parole after 10 years.