Circuit Judge Marvin Wiggins sentenced a man convicted of killing one and injuring four in a 2011 downtown nightclub shooting to five years probation.

John C. Brown pled guilty to manslaughter and was given probation Wednesday after several assault charges were dropped. District Attorney Michael Jackson called the sentence an outrage.

“Brown’s bullet was the one that killed that girl. It’s a totally outrageous sentence,” Jackson said. “This gunslinger should have been sent off to prison for a long time for this. How can somebody shoot up a club and get probation?”

Brown and Deandra Keon Fuller were arrested in connection to the Oct. 7, 2011, shooting at the now closed 12th Stone nightclub that killed Fuller’s sister, Levisha Fuller, and wounded four others.

Jackson said his office would appeal the sentence to the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals. Until then, Brown is free to walk the streets.

“He’s out, walking around,” Jackson said. “My office is going to appeal this to try to get justice for all these victims and their families. Shame on you Judge Marvin Wiggins.”

Jackson said given the crime rate in Selma a probation sentence for a shooting of this caliber is not acceptable.

“Hopefully, we can address this. Obviously, nobody is a happy camper other than the defendant,” Jackson said. “With the stuff going on in Selma, we can’t have soft judges.”

The case goes deeper than that. Brown’s co-defendant, Fuller, killed again while out on bond for the nightclub shooting.

Back in April, a jury found Fuller guilty of shooting and killing Antonio Boykin on King Street. He was given life without the possibility of patrol in that case. Jackson has said he isn’t sure when a trial date would be set for Fuller in the nightclub shooting, if ever given the fact he is serving life.

Fuller’s bond in the nightclub shooting was originally set at $1 million, but Wiggins later lowered it to $100,000, according to Jackson.