Man sentenced to life in prison for killing U-Haul employee

A U-Haul truck departs from a U-Haul store
A U-Haul truck departs from a U-Haul store Photo credit (Photo by Tim Boyle/Getty Images)

A man has been sentenced to life without parole for kills a U-Haul employee, stealing a truck and leading police on a chase on Route 28 in 2021.

Braijon Burton was sentenced to life in prison without parole on Monday after being found guilty in earlier this year of second-degree murder and other charges in the death Jacob Jaillet.

Police said Burton shot Jaillet at the U-Haul store on Washington Boulevard in July 2021.

He then reportedly stole a truck and led police on a chase that ended with a crash.

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