Zachariah Blanton
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Zachariah Blanton (born 1989) is a young American man who killed a man following a series of shootings near Seymour, Indiana in July 2006. Another man was shot and seriously injured as he got out of his pick-up truck.
Shots were later fired at a tractor-trailer and a parked SUV on a road in Delaware County, Indiana, though no-one was hurt in these second shootings.
Police became aware of Blanton's involvement in the shootings when tipped off by an informant, apparently an acquaintance.
Following a search of Blanton's house, the police stated that they had found "precisely what [they] were looking for".[1] Shortly afterwards Blanton admitted his role to the police[2].
Blanton lived with his grandparents, his legal guardians; they have yet to comment on the incident.[citation needed]
Blanton plead guilty in December of 2007.[3] Zacariah Blanton was sentenced to 42 years in Prison on December 27th 2007.
