A Smith County auto shop owner convicted of killing a Tyler teen on the Fourth of July last year was sentenced Monday to 60 years in prison.

Seferino Bautista-Renteria was found guilty Friday in connection with the shooting that killed 19-year-old Rawly “Eli” Sanchez. He was shot in the back of the head while he and his friends were making a U-turn near Bautista Auto Sales to correct a previous wrong turn.

Jurors took about three hours to reach their sentencing verdict. Bautista-Renteria will have to serve half of his prison sentence before becoming eligible for parole.

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