Sentencing for teen guilty of deadly shooting at Cleveland deli

CLEVELAND, Ohio (WOIO) - An 18-year-old guilty of a deadly shooting at a Cleveland deli, was sentenced in Cuyahoga County Court of Common Pleas Wednesday to 33 years in prison.

Earlier this month, Royal King, who was 17 at the time of the shooting, pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter, kidnapping, and felonious assault.

King killed Jahari Stegall, 17, on Sept. 19, 2025 at the E. 185th Deli in the city’s Northshore Collinwood neighborhood.

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King drove to the deli in a stolen car and walked through the aisles.

Security cameras then show Stegall walking through the parking lot.

King met Stegall at the door with a gun in his hand and shot him in the back of the head before fleeing the scene.

Cuyahoga County Prosecutor Michael O’Malley said Stegall was a good kid who barely knew King.

U.S. Marshals arrested King on Oct. 29, 2025 at home on E. 147th Street in Cleveland.