The Journal Gazette says Dairyon Cortez McClendon was sentenced to 78 years. WPTA prints 60 years for murder and 18 years on a gun count and does not print 78.

Sixty plus 18 is 78 on The Journal Gazette. WPTA prints 60 and 18 and does not print the sum. Jurors, in the Journal Gazette lede, and a two-day bench trial, in the prosecutor's September 17 release, are not the same finder of fact. Vacated, on Monday's Journal Gazette story, is not the same status as a Monday story that still lists felony murder and does not say it was vacated. The 60 years and the 18 years are the sentence imposed Monday.

The Journal Gazette, by Devan Filchak, November 9, 2026, on a page that did not print an hour, says a 21-year-old man whom jurors found guilty of charges including murder and robbery was sentenced today to 78 years in prison. It names him Dairyon Cortez McClendon of Fort Wayne. It says he faced sentencing for murder, felony murder, robbery, and a sentencing enhancement for using a gun, in the homicide of Damarion Tywan Lundy, who died August 26, 2024, in the 4400 block of Winter Street. It says Judge David Zent of Allen Superior Court vacated felony murder and robbery. It says a felony murder charge is for a homicide during another crime, and it says Zent "likely" vacated the charges because of double jeopardy. Likely is the paper's word. It is not a quotation from the judge. It says McClendon was sentenced to 60 years for murder and 18 for the sentencing enhancement, and that the maximums are 65 and 20 years. Sixty plus 18 is 78, which is the total the lede prints. WPTA, by Corryn Brock, published November 9, 2026, at 1:48 p.m. EST, on a page that later marked itself updated 1 hour ago and did not print an absolute update clock, says Zent handed down a 60-year sentence for murder, enhanced by 18 years for using a gun. It does not print 78. It does not print the maximums of 65 and 20. It says that in September Zent found Dairyon McClendon guilty of murder, felony murder, and a firearm sentencing enhancement, in the death of 20-year-old Damarion Tywan Lundy on August 26, 2024. Firearm sentencing enhancement, on WPTA, and a sentencing enhancement for using a gun, on The Journal Gazette, are not the same label. WPTA's September finding list does not include robbery. The Journal Gazette says he faced robbery and that Zent vacated it. Found guilty of felony murder, in WPTA's September sentence, and vacated, on The Journal Gazette's Monday story, are not the same status. WPTA does not say the felony murder count was vacated. WPTA says online court records show McClendon is planning to appeal. The Journal Gazette says Zent appointed a public defender to represent McClendon for his appeal, and that he was given credit for 801 days at the Allen County Jail. Planning to appeal, and an appointment for an appeal, are not the same sentence. Eight hundred one days is The Journal Gazette. It is not on WPTA. Cortez is The Journal Gazette. WPTA prints Dairyon McClendon, with no middle name.

The finder of fact is not one word. The Journal Gazette's lede says jurors found him guilty. WPTA says Judge David Zent found him guilty. It does not print jurors, and it does not print bench. AroundFortWayne, on Thursday, September 17, 2026, published an Allen County Prosecuting Attorney's Office release that says McClendon, 21, was found guilty following a two-day bench trial before Judge David Zent, of Murder, Felony Murder, Robbery, and the Handgun Enhancement, for the August 26, 2024, shooting death of Damarion Lundy. Bench trial, in that release, and jurors, in the Journal Gazette lede, are not the same finder. Handgun Enhancement, in the release, is a third label for the gun count. The release says the shooting was early-morning, in the 4400 block of Winter Street. Early-morning is the release. It is not on either Monday story. Damarion Lundy, in the release, and Damarion Tywan Lundy, on both Monday stories, are not the same name. The release does not print Lundy's age. Age 20 is WPTA. The release says sentencing was scheduled for November 9, 2026, at 10 a.m., and it prints that date as "November 9,2026 at 10am," with no space after the comma and no periods in 10am. Neither Monday story prints 10 a.m. The release says the case was tried by Chief Counsel Tesa Helge and Deputy Prosecutor Rachel Gschwend. Gschwend is the release. Neither Monday story prints that name. The release says Donavon Gonzalez is also charged. It does not print his age. WPTA and The Journal Gazette both say he is 20. WPTA says both men were 18 at the time of the murder. The Journal Gazette does not print 18. The Journal Gazette says Gonzalez's trial is scheduled to begin April 6. WPTA says April. It does not print the 6. The Journal Gazette says Gonzalez previously pleaded guilty to robbery and the sentencing enhancement under an agreement that would have limited his prison sentence to 50 years, and that if a judge approved it his murder and felony murder charges would have been dismissed. It says prosecutors withdrew the agreement two days after McClendon's trial ended, and it quotes Helge's motion that he "did not testify truthfully and that his testimony materially differed from statements he previously provided." WPTA says he initially took a plea deal that would have dismissed the murder and felony murder charges for a guilty plea to robbery and a firearm enhancement, that prosecutors said he did not hold up his end of the bargain, and that they claim he "didn't testify truthfully" and that his "testimony materially differed from statements he previously provided." Fifty years, two days, and Helge's name on the motion are The Journal Gazette. They are not on WPTA's Monday story. Didn't, on WPTA, and did not, inside the Journal Gazette quotation, are not the same contraction. The Journal Gazette says a witness statement in a probable-cause affidavit by Fort Wayne Officer Benjamin MacDonald describes a chase, a punch that knocked Lundy off a bike, a fence, the words "I told you I was going to catch you again," three gunshots, a phone brought back and destroyed, and a photo of the body. WPTA says court records show security audio of a voice saying "Hey Don" before gunshots, that the suspects were seen running after possibly taking a phone, that Gonzalez returned to photograph the body, and that a witness identified McClendon as the shooter. "Hey Don" is WPTA. It is not in the Journal Gazette account read here. Three gunshots, the bike, and the fence are The Journal Gazette. They are not on WPTA. The 60 years for murder and the 18 years on the gun count are the sentence both Monday stories report. The Journal Gazette adds them and prints 78. WPTA does not print that total. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.