A Norton Virginia Man Previously Convicted Of Killing A Man In Pennington Gap Has Been Sentenced To 39 Years In Prison. Leon Tyler Smith Was Captured On Surveillance Cameras Leaving The Home Of David Lipps After Lipps Was Shot In The Back In August Of 2018. Smith Was Taken Into Custody Two Days Later And Charged With First Degree Murder. Commonwealth’s Attorney H. Fuller Cridlin Says Smith’s Motive For The Shooting Was Hatred For The Victim.