An Ohio man has been sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole after 21 years for a fatal highway shooting that killed a woman in front of her 4-year-old daughter.
Noah Messiah Corbitt, 24, pleaded guilty earlier this month to murder by felonious assault and multiple related counts. The sentencing was delivered by Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Judge Kimberly A. Melnick. Corbitt will receive credit for 416 days served in pretrial detention.
The incident occurred on September 21, 2024. According to court documents, Corbitt was seeking revenge against a former co-worker over an old, failed $200 gun sale. Corbitt followed the man, who was a passenger in a vehicle driven by the victim, Jermea Lyle, 26.
Corbitt fired a shot into Lyle’s silver Nissan Altima as it merged onto Interstate 35. Lyle, who was asleep in the backseat, was struck and later pronounced dead at the hospital. The bullet that killed her lodged in the driver’s seat, passing within two feet of her daughter’s car seat.
Corbitt was apprehended after investigators connected him to the blue Chevrolet Impala seen speeding from the scene and linked a recovered 9mm pistol to the fatal shot. He reportedly told police he intended the shot as a “warning.”
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