NEWPORT NEWS, Va. (WAVY) — A Newport News man will serve 45 years in prison for his role in a 2009 murder.

A jury convicted 31-year-old Bryan Lamar Brown in April, along with Mark Xavier Wallace, of Williamsburg, and Joseph James Cain Benson, of Boston

The U.S. Attorney’s Office said Louis Joseph Jr. was beaten and shot multiple times inside his Denbigh home, as he was taking care of a 5-year-old child. 

Benson and Wallace are scheduled to be sentenced July 24 and August 6, respectively.