See emotional sentencing for 2 killers of 11-year-old Brexi gunned down in Syracuse (Video)

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Syracuse, N.Y. -- People crowded into a Syracuse courtroom Tuesday to see the sentencing of two young men who admitted to fatally shooting 11-year-old Brexialee Torres-Ortiz.

Deckyse Bridges, 16, and Rasean Patterson, 19, were sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for opening fire on Jan. 16, killing Brexialee and wounding a 19-year-old man.

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