A Fairfield man who previously pleaded guilty in the high-profile slaying of Birmingham twin brothers has been sentenced to federal prison on a gun charge.

Terrell Corey McMullin, 31, was convicted last year of illegally possessing a firearm. He was prohibited from carrying a gun because he is a convicted felon.

U.S. District Court Judge Madeline H. Haikala sentenced McMullin to 87 months – more than seven years – in federal prison.

McMullin in 2021 pleaded guilty to the June 28, 2013, shooting deaths of Jonathan and Jeremi Berry at their Wylam home. Their mother was shot in the back and paralyzed.

Jonathan and Jeremi were shot in their home and were innocent victims, police said.

They were inside their Attalla Street home about 8:30 p.m. playing video games when three men stormed the house and later shot them to death. Police said the twins were not the targets of the crime.

Police said the suspects forced their way into the home in an apparent home invasion and ransacked the house.

The boy’s mother arrived at the home in her Ford Explorer and then attempted to drive away when she saw the suspects at her house.

They opened fire on her.

Several bullets struck her SUV, and one bore into her spinal cord, severing it. West Precinct officers arrived on the scene and found her lying beside her vehicle.

McMullin, one of multiple people charged in the twins’ slaying, was initially charged with capital murder. McMullin pleaded guilty to the reduced charge of manslaughter on Aug. 16, 2021.

He was sentenced to 20 years in prison with 60 months to serve but was given credit for the time he had served awaiting trial and was quickly released.

Charges against two defendants were dismissed when the investigation revealed they were not actually involved.

Crystal Nelson pleaded guilty to felony murder and served her time for her role in the murders. Stanley Chatman pleaded guilty to the murders and received a life sentence.

Another suspect, for whom there was never enough evidence to charge, died several years ago.

According to evidence presented at McMullin’s federal gun charge trial in October, Pleasant Grove police tried to conduct a traffic stop on McMullin on Feb. 1, 2022, but McMullin speeded away. It ended when the driver lost control and wrecked.

McMullin then jumped out of the vehicle and ran away. The foot chase ended when McMullin crossed into the Fairfield city limits.

During the search of the abandoned vehicle, the officer found a tan Glock 9mm pistol with an installed Glock switch in the driver’s seat.

The Glock was later determined to be stolen.

Jefferson County prosecutors then asked that the remainder of his initial 20-year sentence be revoked and he be sent to prison.

A judge granted the revocation and sent him to prison where he remained until the feds took custody of him for the gun case.

The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives investigated the case along with the Pleasant Grove Police Department.

Assistant U.S. Attorneys Michael A. Royster and William R. McComb prosecuted.