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Dublin Gas Station Clerk Murder Suspect Sentenced

Updated: Thursday, February 21 2013, 06:35 PM EST
UPDATE: Austin Cusey, now 19-years-old and pictured to the left, has been sentenced to life behind bars without the possibility of parole.

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Hear the victim statement.  Click Here.
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DUBLIN -- Jeffery Collins, 22, and Austin Cusey, 18, are behind bars on a 2-million dollars bond.

Cusey has confessed to the Sunoco gas station fatal shooting, the burglary at the Powder Room and the burglary at the Dublin Max and Ermas.

Eddie Murphy, 22, says he pulled the trigger that killed Mohammed Hassan, who was the clerk at the gas station.

Cusey and Collins were arrested by Columbus SWAT officers at the Motel 6 in Hilliard Wednesday night.

Murphy, who was the third suspect and was on the run for an additional 24 hours was arrested Thursday night in southwest Columbus.

The three men are charged with aggravated murder and robbery in connection to the shooting death of Mohammad Hassan at the Dublin Sunoco station on West Bridge Street.

Prosecutors say Collins, Cusey, and Murphy confessed to the murder, as well as a February 8 robbery at the Powder Room Shooting Range in Powell, in which 97 guns were stolen.

The three men are also suspects in a February 2 burglary at a Max and Erma's.

There's no word yet on whether the gun used in the murder is among the weapons stolen from the Powder Room.

$2 million bonds have been set for Collins and Cusey. Murphy is expected to be in court Saturday morning.

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