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Bank loan officer found guilty in 2009 Murder

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCIV) -- A 37-year-old bank loan officer was sentenced to 30 years in prison this week in the shooting death of a 20-year-old man at a Kangaroo gas station in 2009.

Prosecutors say it was the classic story of a man who had everything -- everything except control of his anger.

Witnesses say Jerome Renaldo Campbell was upset with a man that was married to his sister. While standing outside the gas station, 20-year-old Michael German, and two other men, one being the man Campbell was already upset with, were shot at. German died from a gunshot wound to the head.

Investigators say witnesses told them that earlier the day Campbell had driven in from Charlotte to his family's home in James Island and that he made threats to the men. About an hour before the shooting Campbell and unknown other men drove through German's apartment complex and made threats with a gun. With the three men standing on the side of the gas station, Campbell's car was seen driving past. Witnesses stated shots came from the rear of the car.

"Campbell may not have been the shooter but under the law he was just as legally responsible as any accomplices," said assistant solicitor Greg Voigt.