A Philadelphia man and member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians received a prison sentence of 45 years for a 2017 murder.

Jerome Steve, 33, received 540 months in prison followed by five years of supervised release for the second-degree murder, according to a news release from the Department of Justice, Southern District of Mississippi. Two other co-defendants will be sentenced at a later date and the fourth co-defendant, Monte Issac, died while awaiting sentencing.

Steve must also pay a $1,500 fine.

Steve and Keenan Martin, also of Philadelphia, pleaded guilty to second-degree murder in July to the Nov. 2, 2017 murder in the Tucker Community in rural Neshoba County. Keyshawn Willis pleaded guilty to manslaughter later that same month.

The four men were accused of kicking and hitting the victim, also a member of the Mississippi Band of Choctaw Indians, and beating him with a shovel, metal pipe and post hole digger, according to an indictment issued on May 15.

Martin will be sentenced on March 22, 2019 and Willis didn’t have a set sentencing date.

Patrick Lemon, the deputy criminal chief; Erin Chalk, an assistant U.S. attorney; and Kevin Payne, a special assistant U.S. attorney, are prosecuting the case. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Choctaw Police Department investigated. 

Bill Graham contributed to this report.