Clearlake 'make my day' killer sentenced

<p>A Clearlake man who went free after shooting and killing two home invasion robbers in 2005 has been sentenced to 15 years to life for killing another man last year.</p><p>Shannon Edmonds, 35, was sentenced late Monday for killing Shelby Uehling, 25, said Lake County Deputy District Attorney Art Grothe, who prosecuted the case.</p><p>Edmonds' co-defendant, Melvin Norton, was sentenced to 9 years, said his attorney, Stephen Carter.</p><p>In March, Edmonds was found guilty of 2nd degree murder and Norton was found guilty of accessory to murder.</p><p>Uehling was stabbed and beaten to death Sept. 22 along Old Highway 53 in Clearlake.</p><p>Prosecutors said that Edmonds killed Uehling because the man had been phoning and texting his girlfriend. Uehling had had a weeklong, drug-fueled relationship with the woman.</p><p>Five years ago, Edmonds gained notoriety for killing two of three Bay Area men he said had broken into his residence.</p><p>He shot to death Christian Foster, 22, of San Francisco, and Rashad Williams, 21, of Pittsburg and Clearlake, during what police said was a botched marijuana robbery at Edmonds' home.</p><p>A third intruder, Renato Hughes of San Francisco, was charged with their deaths under a law that holds people responsible if they participate in a crime likely to result in death. He was cleared of that charge but found guilty of burglary and assault.</p><p>Several of the home's residents were injured during the robbery, including a teenage boy who was permanently disabled.</p><p>The vigilante-style deaths and subsequent trial raised allegations of racism because Edmonds is white and both Williams and Foster are black.</p>