Tyler man gets 40 years for 2020 murder

TYLER – A Tyler man was sentenced to 40 years in prison for a murder that was committed in 2020. According to our news partner KETK, that sentence was assessed after 19-year-old Kobe Warthsaw was found guilty by a Smith County jury last week following a three-day trial in 241st District Court. Warthsaw was arrested in 2020 after a shooting that killed 21-year-old Draveon McCullough. According to officers at the time, McCullough knocked on Warthsasw’s door on Vance Street and a fight started. During the fight, McCullough was shot and killed. Officers at the scene found a large amount of drugs.