ELKHART, Ind. (AP): A judge has sentenced an Elkhart teenager to 65 years in prison for the fatal drive-by shooting of another teen.
 
       Seventeen-year-old Jesus Macedo-Perez read during Thursday's court hearing from a handwritten letter apologizing to the family of 16-year-old Braxton Barhams for the June 22 shooting.
 
       Macedo-Perez pleaded guilty to murder charges in exchange for Elkhart County prosecutors not pursuing a criminal gang sentence enhancement.
 
       Authorities say Barhams was walking in a neighborhood near downtown Elkhart when a car with Macedo-Perez inside drove past and the two exchanged gang signs. The car then made a U-turn and shots were fired at Barhams.
 
       Authorities said Macedo-Perez first joined a gang when he was 14.