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'I've been crying for the last six years': Huntsville mom speaks on sentencing of her daughter's killer

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'I've been crying for the last six years': Huntsville mom speaks on sentencing of her daughter's killer

MeMe McCombs knows how precious time spent with her daughter Myla can be. She lost her 4-year-old daughter Livia in a drive-by shooting back in 2018.

Three people charged with murdering a 4-year-old little girl will now face prison time.

It took seconds for MeMe McCombs to lose her daughter Livia to gun violence. It's taken six years to sentence all three of her killers.

Court records say Martin Evenes fired the gun and his girlfriend Brittany Kingston was with him.

Evenes already started serving his life sentence, but on Monday, a judge sentenced Kingston to 20 years.

Dominique Russell is serving a two-year sentence with three years probation. 

McCombs says she's not happy with Kingston's sentence, but she says she has to accept it.

"When they put her in handcuff she was crying, but the way I look at it, I've been crying for the last six years," McCombs said. "I don't feel bad for her. I wish it was longer, a lot longer."

McCombs was in the courtroom when a judge read the verdict. She says Kingston cried and begged for forgiveness.

McCombs says she walked out because to her, forgiveness is not an option.

"It's not right and it's not fair, so just take your punishment," McCombs explained. "You did it, so you got to do the time for that."

To her family, Livia De'Myiah Robinson was known as "Sweet Livvy." The innocent toddler died in a drive-by shooting back in 2018. 

McCombs knows nothing will bring her daughter back, but she spends each day keeping her memory alive. And, so does Livvy's little sister, Myla. She's 3 years old and takes after Livvy.

"She loved people, she loved life," McCombs continued. "If we go somewhere she was going to run up and give you a hug, kind of like [Myla]."

McCombs can't help but smile every second she spends with Myla. Sadly, she's learned just how precious each second can be, and she hopes other parents now know this too.

McCombs says she plans on being at every parole hearing. She wants to make sure her daughter's killers never see the light of day.

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Jillian Kay is a Southern California native and a proud graduate of Emerson College in Boston, where she earned a bachelor's degree in broadcast journalism with a minor in comedy writing and performance.

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