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Man sentenced for hiding murder weapon

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Winsdell Lamb Winsdell Lamb

MASON CITY, Iowa (KTTC) -- A man police say hid a gun used in a Mason City murder learned his punishment Thursday.

A judge sentenced Winsdell Lamb, 25, to 8 years in federal prison.

Prosecutors said Lamb's half-brother Jamaal Leslie shot a man in the parking lot of Casey's General Store on Federal Ave. in August 2011.

Authorities said Lamb picked up the gun Leslie used. Officers later found Lamb hiding in an attic with the gun.

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