LOUISVILLE — A teen-ager convicted of killing his brother during a fight over a video game was sentenced Tuesday to 7 1/2 years' probation.

        Aaron Hardin was convicted in 2000 of shooting his 13-year-old brother, Andre, in the face with a .38-caliber revolver as the two wrestled over the controls of a video game on Dec. 27, 1999, at their home in western Louisville. At 16, he was found guilty of murder and possession of a handgun.

        Jefferson Circuit Judge James Shake last year refused probation, sending the teen to the Adair Youth Development Center until he turned 18.

        A jury had recommended the teen spend 22 years in prison.

        On Tuesday, Judge Shake agreed at the resentencing to a deal made between prosecutors and the teen's attorney to allow him to return home on probation as long as he waived any appeals, undergo random drug tests and maintain good behavior. He also must do community service.

        “I'm going to do everything in my power and in the power of God to keep him focused,” the boy's father, Raphale Allen, said outside the courtroom.

        Judge Shake added one condition to the agreement: that the teen participate in the Prevention 2000 program, which teaches crime prevention and gun safety and awareness in schools.

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