MPR's Stephanie Hemphill reports that a Wisconsin judge sentenced Chai Vang to six consecutive life terms in prison without the possibility of parole for the shooting deaths of six hunters last fall.
Two other hunters were wounded in the incident. Vang -- a Hmong immigrant -- said the hunters confronted him with racial epithets and threats after he wandered onto their property. Survivors of the shooting say there were no threats.
Hemphill attended the sentencing hearing in Hayward, Wisconsin.
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