A Supreme Court judge Tuesday sentenced  a 22-year-old man to a minimum of 35 years in jail for the 2017 fatal shooting of a Jamaican national.

Morlan Steede, who was 30, married and the father of a four-year-old daughter, was murdered as he “ran for his life” from a lone gunman, who chased him through the back streets of Pembroke parish.

Kiari Tucker, 22, was convicted by a jury’s unanimous verdict last month, after five-and-a-half hours of deliberation, on charges that he murdered Steede and used a firearm to commit an indictable offence. Steede’s was the 35th gun death in Bermuda since 2009.

In sentencing Tucker,  Puisne Judge Carlisle Greaves said the accused must serve at least 25 years before he is eligible for parole on the murder charge and was given an additional 10 years for the use of a firearm.

The Court heard that Steede was chased through the Deepdale area of Pembroke on the night of November 3, 2017 by a gunman who shot him at least three times. He was rushed to hospital, but died of his wounds.

Tucker was arrested for the attack the following day after police found him hidden under clothes in a closet in his godmother’s apartment.

Tests later showed particles consistent with gunshot residue on his hands and on clothing found at his home.