Achmed Williams pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of voluntary manslaughter in the slaying of his brother Alex Williams on April 6, 2008, before Superior Court Judge Penny Haas Freesemann on Tuesday.
He was sentenced to 15 years with three years, six months to serve and the balance on probation with special conditions.
Achmed Williams originally was charged with murder.
The victim was mortally wounded by a single gunshot during an altercation in the 1200 block of East 54th Street. He later died at Memorial University Medical Center.
Achmed Williams fled the scene shortly after the shooting, according to a Savannah-Chatham police report.
A tip later led metro police and deputies with the U.S. Marshals Service to a Yamacraw Village address, where the suspect was hiding, authorities said.
Read more in Wednesday’s Savannah Morning News.