A Prison Term in a Longview Murder

LONGVIEW – It was a guilty verdict and a prison sentence in a Longview murder trial. A jury Friday afternoon, found Kyron Delyn Adams, 39, guilty of murder in the shooting of Thomas Lynn Harper, 34, of Gladewater. Judge Alfonso Charles sentenced Adams to 75 years in prison. The shooting followed a fight outside J’s Place in Longview in February of last year. According an arrest warrant filed by Longview police, Adams shot Harper in the back after a fight. Adams claimed the shooting was in self defense.