Life without parole for man who shot his ex-girlfriend outside Ferndale workplace The couple’s 10-year-old child was in the passenger seat at the time of the shooting and witnessed the incident
Gregory Davis has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole in connection with the 2023 killing of his girlfriend outside a Ferndale car dealership.
Davis was convicted in the May 2023 shooting that occurred outside Legend Motors of Ferndale, where the victim worked .
Prosecutors said Davis used his vehicle to block her car in the dealership parking lot, preventing her from leaving before shooting her at point-blank range.
Authorities said the couple’s 10-year-old child was in the passenger seat at the time of the shooting and witnessed the incident.
Davis turned himself in later the same day, according to investigators.
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