Brian McGann Jr. was sentenced to 38 years in prison after pleading guilty to second-degree murder in the 2024 beating death of his father. The attack occurred after McGann Jr. learned that his father had received a vaccine. A judge in Palm Beach County handed down the sentence on Thursday.
Brian McGann Jr. pleaded guilty to a reduced charge of second-degree murder for the February 2024 death of his father, Brian McGann Sr. A Palm Beach County judge sentenced him to 38 years in state prison and credited him with 830 days already served in jail. The case began with a 911 call about a violent disturbance at a home in Lake Worth.