A Lake Charles man will serve a life sentence for fatally shooting his wife in 2022 and severely injuring her daughter.

Judge Michael Canaday sentenced Sheron L. Lewis, 40, of Iowa, La., on Wednesday to life in prison for first-degree murder, 50 years in prison for attempted first-degree murder and 15 years in prison for possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. The sentences for first-degree murder and attempted first-degree murder are to run consecutively to each other. The possession of a firearm sentence is to run concurrently to the other sentences, resulting in a total sentence of life-plus 50 years.

All of the sentences are to be served at hard labor, without the benefit of probation, parole or suspension of sentence.

After 35 minutes of deliberation, a Calcasieu Parish jury in January found Lewis guilty as charged in the shooting.

According to trial testimony, Lewis thought his wife, Kenesha Spencer, had been unfaithful to him and shot her 14 times. Her daughter, Kendria Peghee, was shot multiple times but managed to call 911.

Peghee testified that after Lewis shot her, he returned to her mother and continued shooting. She said as he left, Lewis told her she better be dead when he came back or he would shoot her in the head. Peghee said she pretended to be dead in order survive.

Lewis’ wife died at the scene from her injuries while her Peghee — who was shot five times in the abdomen — ultimately spent three months in the hospital.

Peghee told jurors her right leg had to be amputated and she had to undergo bladder reconstruction due to her injuries.