MARTIN, WGAL NEWS EIGHT. AND WE ARE FOLLOWING BREAKING NEWS. THE PENNSYLVANIA ATTORNEY GENERAL JUST ANNOUNCED A LIFE IN PRISON SENTENCE FOR THE MAN WHO KILLED A 20 YEAR OLD AT A YORK PARK BACK IN 2021. ELIJAH PENN, NOW 21 YEARS OLD, WAS CONVICTED IN DECEMBER OF FIRST DEGREE MURDER IN THE DEATH OF JUSTIN GRIFFITH PARK. GRIFFITH WAS NOT PENN’S TARGET, AND DAVE SUNDAY SAYS THIS WAS AN ACT OF GANG VIOLENCE. TODAY, YORK C
Pennsylvania man sentenced to life in prison for York park murder
Updated: 5:24 PM EDT May 8, 2026
Elijah Penn, 21, has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2021 murder of 20-year-old Justin Griffith at Cousler Park in York, Pennsylvania. Penn was convicted in December of first-degree murder in Griffith’s death. “Griffith was not Penn’s target,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said. “This was an act of gang violence.” On Friday, a York County Common Pleas judge sentenced Penn to life in prison, plus an additional 21 to 42 years.
Elijah Penn, 21, has been sentenced to life in prison for the 2021 murder of 20-year-old Justin Griffith at Cousler Park in York, Pennsylvania.
Penn was convicted in December of first-degree murder in Griffith’s death.
“Griffith was not Penn’s target,” Pennsylvania Attorney General Dave Sunday said. “This was an act of gang violence.”
On Friday, a York County Common Pleas judge sentenced Penn to life in prison, plus an additional 21 to 42 years.