The teen and another man were targeting a rival gang member who was also an adolescent
A New York City teen was sentenced to 10 years to life in prison on Wednesday after pleading guilty to shooting an 11-year-old girl in the stomach during a gang-related shootout in the Bronx.
Matthew Godwin, who was 15 at the time of the shooting and is now 18, was sentenced on a second-degree murder charge for the death of 11-year-old Kyhara Tay, according to a news release from Darcel Clark, the Bronx District Attorney.
A police investigation found that on May 16, 2022, Godwin along with Omar Bojang, 21, were riding on an electric scooter driven by Bojang in the Bronx and were looking for a rival gang member…