Man sentenced to 20 years in prison for deadly shooting from February 2025

COLUBMIA, Mo. (KMIZ)

A Columbia man was sentenced on Monday after he pleaded guilty to multiple felonies in a February 2025 shooting.

Terrell Fields pleaded guilty on Monday to unlawful use of a weapon, first-degree involuntary manslaughter, tampering with evidence and stealing a gun. He was sentenced to 20 years in prison. He had been charged with second-degree murder.

Also on Monday, Fields pleaded guilty in a second case to first-degree tampering with a motor vehicle and resisting arrest by fleeing. His seven-year sentence in that case will run at the same time of his 20-year sentence.

He is accused of shooting and killing Kaidynce Payne in a Super 8 hotel room on Feb. 19, 2025, on Clark Lane. Payne, 18, was pronounced dead at the scene.

A witness allegedly told police that Fields was "playing" with the gun when he fired, court documents in previous reporting say. Fields had initially denied any involvement in the shooting, previous reporting shows.