Man who killed friend over lost dog sentenced to 22 years in jail

New York – A Brooklyn man shot his close friend to death — because the victim let the killer’s girlfriend’s Shih Tzu run away and then dismissed the raging thug’s concern about the missing pooch saying, “It’s just a damn dog.”

Rashawn Blakes, 33, was sentenced to 22 years behind bars Monday for gunning down John Gilliam, 23, in January 2011, after Ya?Ya ran off into the snow, never to be found.

Blakes had the nerve to call Gilliam “a great friend of mine” before he was sentenced.

Blakes and Gilliam were relaxing inside an apartment on Tompkins Avenue when Gilliam took the female dog with him as he went to talk to a girlfriend outside. More

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