{"id":900,"date":"2026-05-12T16:41:56","date_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:41:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=900"},"modified":"2026-05-12T16:41:56","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T16:41:56","slug":"michigan-man-sentenced-to-30-years-for-killing-his-groomsman-on-wedding-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=900","title":{"rendered":"Michigan man sentenced to 30 years for killing his groomsman on wedding day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Shirah struck groomsman Terry Taylor Jr with SUV after they had an argument at wedding afterparty in 2024<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/news\/2026\/feb\/17\/sign-up-for-the-breaking-news-us-email-to-get-newsletter-alerts-direct-to-your-inbox?utm_medium=ACQUISITIONS_STANDFIRST&amp;utm_campaign=BN22326&amp;utm_content=signup&amp;utm_term=standfirst&amp;utm_source=GUARDIAN_WEB\">Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email<\/a><em> <\/em><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>A man from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/michigan\">Michigan<\/a> has been ordered to spend at least 30 years imprisoned after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/article\/2024\/sep\/07\/michigan-couple-arrested-groomsman-killed\">killing his own groomsman on his wedding day<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>James Shirah, 24, from Flint, was sentenced on Monday in Genesee county court for the death of his best friend, Terry Taylor Jr, who he ran over with a sport-utility vehicle during an argument on 30 August 2024.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/12\/michigan-man-sentenced-groomsman-murder\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James Shirah struck groomsman Terry Taylor Jr with SUV after they had an argument at wedding afterparty in 2024 Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email A man &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/?p=900\" class=\"more-link\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":901,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-900","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=900"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/900\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=900"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=900"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cnnglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=900"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}