A 18-year-old man was sentenced on Wednesday to 10 years to life in prison after pleading guilty to fatally shooting an 11-year-old girl in the stomach in 2022.
Matthew Godwin, who was 15 at the time, was charged as an adult with second-degree murder, first-degree manslaughter and second-degree criminal possession of a weapon. He pleaded guilty to murder on March 6, according to the Bronx district attorney’s office.
Godwin’s attorney declined to comment, but said during court that he believed his client was remorseful…