3 found guilty of murdering Grayson High School student Paul Sampleton Jr

Three men who were accused of killing a 14-year-old Grayson High School student have all been found guilty of murder and sentenced to life in prison without parole.

Police said the teen was killed over high-end sneakers.

Andrew Murray, Tavaughn Saylor and Laell Sillah broke into Sampleton’s Gwinnett County townhouse, ransacking the home and shooting Sampleton in the head in December 2012.

Sampleton attended Grayson High School and was a star athlete who dreamed of playing Division 1 football.

Paul Sampleton

Andrew Murray

Tavaughn Sailor

Murray and Saylor were sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the malice murder, a consecutive life sentence for the armed robbery, and a total of 120 years consecutive for the remaining counts.

Sillah was sentenced to life imprisonment without parole for the malice murder, a consecutive life sentence for the armed robbery, and a total of 135 years consecutive for the remaining counts.

Each of the defendants spoke boisterously at the sentencing hearing and ranted that prosecutor Mike Morrison had set them up and that they were innocent of the charges.