A man is headed to prison two years after his son was fatally shot with a firearm that was left unattended in DeKalb County.
Dante Lamar Daugherty, 44, entered a non-negotiated plea Thursday to second-degree murder and two counts of second-degree cruelty to children in 7-year-old Z’ayre Daugherty’s death. He was sentenced to 10 years, with two to serve in custody.
It all unfolded shortly after 6 p.m. on Sept. 4, 2023, at a Texaco gas station on Rock Chapel Road. Officers found Dante Daugherty in the back seat of an SUV holding his son, who had been shot in the head, DeKalb District Attorney’s Office spokesperson Claire Chaffins said in a news release…