Man convicted for Bamboo Lounge shooting to spend 34 years in prison

Nov. 1—A Brunswick man acquitted of murder but convicted of aggravated assault after a January 2022 shootout at the Bamboo Lounge was sentenced this month in Glynn County Superior Court to more than 30 years in prison.

Antonio Lafrancis Duncan, 29, was on trial in late September for murder, aggravated assault and related charges for his role in the shootout that wounded five people and left Brandon Antoine Capers dead. Duncan's defense attorneys argued that because Capers had fired the first shots in the battle, Duncan was acting in self-defense.

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