ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — An Albany man was sentenced on Thursday to over a decade in prison for the shooting that led to the death of Sky Lemmons-Dixon on Christmas Day in 2023. The Albany County District Attorney’s Office said Patrick Dean, 38, shot Lemmons-Dixon in the head while inside a State Street apartment.
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Dean pleaded guilty to second-degree manslaughter, second-degree criminal possession of a weapon, and tampering with evidence, in turn receiving a sentence of 16 years and four months to 19 years in state prison. Lemmons-Dixon died at Albany Medical Center on January 1, 2024.
The DA’s office said Dean was in his apartment with Lemmons-Dixon and two friends, Ibrahim Hammond, 40, and Michael Varlack, 37, when Lemmons-Dixon was shot. Dean was wielding a gun when it fired and struck Lemmons-Dixon.
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Varlack pleaded guilty to third-degree criminal possession of a weapon and was sentenced to six years in prison in December 2024. Hammond pleaded guilty to first-degree perjury for his involvement in the shooting and faces a sentence of two years and four months to seven years in prison when he is sentenced on June 18.
During Dean’s sentencing, Deputy Chief Assistant District Attorney Jessica Blain-Lewis read four victim impact statements from members of Lemmon-Dixon’s family. Older sister Zoë Lemmons-Hall said she and Sky shared a special bond, and she was always there when life got tough…