{"id":319870,"date":"2026-05-17T09:23:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:23:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/319870\/"},"modified":"2026-05-17T09:23:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-17T09:23:17","slug":"he-killed-his-ex-girlfriend-outside-her-oakland-county-workplace-now-hes-learned-his-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/319870\/","title":{"rendered":"He killed his ex-girlfriend outside her Oakland County workplace. Now he\u2019s learned his sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Gregory Davis sentenced to life in prison without parole<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">A man who killed his ex-girlfriend outside her workplace in Oakland County has learned how long he\u2019ll spend behind bars.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Gregory Davis was accused of using his car to block his girlfriend in the parking lot of Legend Motors of Ferndale, where she worked.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">He prevented her from leaving and shot her at point-blank range, according to police.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">The couple\u2019s 10-year-old child was in the passenger seat at the time of the shooting and witnessed what happened, prosecutors said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dist__Box-sc-1fnzlkn-0 dist__TextBase-sc-1fnzlkn-3 bYFsJw cuqaEv article-text\">Davis turned himself in the day of the shooting. 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