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Source: Judge won’t vacate AK-47 gunman’s plea deal, but will give victim a hearing date

The judge said in court Wednesday that he could not vacate a plea deal and sentence that had been negotiated by District Attorney Larry Krasner's office for a gunman who had shot and critically wounded a beer deli owner with an AK-47 rifle, according to a source who was in the courtroom.

Philadelphia Judge Rayford Means (left) and District Attorney Larry Krasner.
Philadelphia Judge Rayford Means (left) and District Attorney Larry Krasner.Read moreDAVID MAIALETTI and JOSE F. MORENO / Staff Photographers, File photos