Man sentenced to life for 2018 killing in Kansas City

(AP) — A 56-year-old Kansas City man has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for a 2018 murder. 

The Jackson County Prosecutor’s office said Aasim I. Karim was sentenced Tuesday in the death of 44-year-old Thomas Rice III. 

He was also sentenced to 10 years for armed criminal action. 

Rice was found dead on Jan. 4, 2018, outside the door of his parked car in east Kansas City. 

He was shot once in the head. 

Witnesses told police Karim was shooting his gun in his backyard and had earlier threatened to shoot Rice.