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Man convicted in 2023 Buckhead murder learns sentence

Randy King appears in a Fulton County courtroom (WSB-TV)

FULTON COUNTY, GA — The man convicted in the 2023 shooting death of a Buckhead valet will spend the rest of his life behind bars following a guilty verdict from a Fulton County jury.

Randy King was found guilty on all counts Thursday after jurors deliberated for just under two hours.

King was convicted in the shooting death of 25-year-old Harrison Olvey, who was confronted during an attempted car break-in near a Piedmont Road parking deck.

Prosecutors said King shot Olvey after Olvey interrupted the theft.

Olvey had just graduated from Kennesaw State University and recently accepted a new job.

According to first responders, Olvey told them that “two black guys” shot him, a detail the defense cited as evidence that King was not the shooter.

King was sentenced to life in prison in Fulton County.