MIAMI-DADE COUNTY, Fla. – The childhood best friend of a Miami Gardens rising football star who was shot and killed over a video game in May of 2019 learned his fate Tuesday in court.

Jatwan Phillips was 16-years-old when investigators said he fatally shot Joshua Ancrum, 17, at a home in Miami Gardens.

Emotions ran high in the courtroom Tuesday with both families present. They told the judge that the shooting was a “terrible accident” and that the boys were best friends. Ancrum’s father visibly broke down inside the courtroom Tuesday.

Phillips was arrested the day of the shooting and the state prosecuted him as an adult.

On Tuesday, a judge sentenced Phillips, now 18, to 364 days in the Miami-Dade County Corrections and Rehabilitation Department Boot Camp Program, which disciplines inmates in a “paramilitary setting,” according to the department. A judge can mandate convicted offenders between the ages of 14 and 24 to participate in the program as part of their sentence. Boot campers receive guidance such as GED preparation, skills training and job placement, among other life skills.

Following his time in the Boot Camp program, Phillips will then serve 10 years of probation and perform community service talking to high school students about gun safety.

Acrum, who played for the South Florida Express 7v7 squad had received a scholarship to Florida International University, according to FIU head football coach Butch Davis.