A Coffeyville man has been sentenced to life in prison for his involvement in a 2019 drive-by shooting murder. 20-year-old Benjamin Mason has been sentenced by Judge William F. Cullins to life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years.

Mason had been charged with the 1st-degree murder of 19-year-old Kimberly D. Meeks of Coffeyville in December of 2019.  Meeks had been walking with another male in the vicinity of West Main and Laurel in Independence when she was shot and died at the scene.

As part of a plea deal in the case this past December all other charges, including attempted murder were dropped against Mason.