BELLINGHAM, WA (MyBellinghamNow.com) – A man convicted of murdering a Ferndale man at a Bellingham party three years ago has been sentenced.

24-year-old Brian Pantoja will spend over 21 years in prison for murdering 21-year-old Xyrone March-Walker.

Both men were at a Halloween party on E. Myrtle Street in 2022 when they got into an altercation. March-Walker was in the doorway of the home when Pantoja fatally shot him in the chest.

In 2020, Pantoja was found guilty in two separate cases of vehicle theft and robbery.