TACOMA -- A brawl broke out in Tacoma courtroom Thursday after a man was sentenced to 30 years for beating a man to death last January.

Andrew Brown, 19, had pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in a brutal attack on 69-year-old Darrel Johnson, a retired Navy submarine electrician.

The judge sentenced Brown to 30 years, but the courtroom erupted and fists started flying when someone suggested that the sentence was unfair because Johnson, because of his age, didn’t have that long live anyway.

"The man was 69, he wasn't going to live forever," a woman said.

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No one was seriously injured in a brawl that broke out in a Tacoma courtroom after 19-year-old Andrew Brown was sentenced to 30 years in prison for his role in the beating death of a 69-year-old man.

A courtroom security guard quickly tried to move the woman out of the room, but it was too late.

The melee lasted for about 20 seconds.

Pierce County Sheriff Paul Pastor said no one appeared to have been hurt in the brawl and only a few punches were thrown.

No one was arrested, but Pastor said detectives will be reviewing the video shot at the incident to see if charges are warranted against anyone.

Johnson, out for his usual morning walk Jan. 9, was found in a coma with at least 10 injuries, including a crushed neck. He died a week later.

The brawl happened around 3 p.m. inside a courtroom packed with friends and relatives of both Brown and Johnson.

During Thursday’s sentencing, Johnson’s family told the judge how his death had affected them and what they thought of Brown.

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Police had to restrain several people after someone suggested after that the sentencing of Andrew Brown for murder was too long because the victim was 69 and not "going to live forever anyway."

“I hope you beg for mercy and are shown none, and I hope that you never make it out of there alive,” said Johnson’s daughter, Julie Johnson.

Tandra Rae Moses, 17, and Justin James Montgomery, 21 are awaiting trial on first-degree murder charges in the case.