Richmond man gets life for killing boy whose ‘Obama Made Me Proud’ song went viral

RICHMOND — A local resident has been sentenced to 25 years to life for killing a boy who created a viral video about Barack Obama’s election when he was 6 years old.

The victim, 17-year-old Ayanius Saucer, was shot and killed in October 2019 during an attempted carjacking in Richmond. The suspect, then-19-year-old Amir Williams, had been feuding with Saucer over a mutual love interest, prosecutors said at the time.

Williams was charged a month after the fatal shooting, and faced enhancements that he ambushed Saucer...